Betty White Reacts To Rue McClanahan’s Death

Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, and Betty White made up the hilarious cast of the hit ’80s sitcom The Golden Girls.

Early Thursday, Rue — the classy star who played the Blanche, the Slut-You’ll-Grow-To-Love — passed away of a massive stroke. She was 76 – a fact her alter-ego would never dream of divulging! Now Betty — the last surviving member of the quartet — remembers her friend.

“Rue was a close and dear friend. I treasured our relationship. It hurts more than I even thought it would, if that’s even possible,” the senior who single-handedly made old “in” again said in a statement Thursday.

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