Golden Girls Blanche, Rue McClanahan, dies

Golden Girl actress Rue McClanahan, has died aged 76.  Best known for playing Blanche Devereaux on the Golden Girls TV show, a role for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987. Her last acting role was in camp TV series Sordid Lives: The Series alongside Olivia Newton-John. Betty White is the …

Rue McClanahan

Golden Girl actress Rue McClanahan, has died aged 76.  Best known for playing Blanche Devereaux on the Golden Girls TV show, a role for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987.

Her last acting role was in camp TV series Sordid Lives: The Series alongside Olivia Newton-John.

Betty White is the last remaining star of the Golden Girls series, who has shown no signs of slowing down, having recently presented Saturday Night Live and is currently being mooted as a host for the Oscars.

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