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Golden Girl Rue McClanahan Dies

Pamela Sitt June 3, 2010

Actress Rue McClanahan at the 13th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2002. McClanahan died of a stroke early June 3, 2010.

Former Golden Girls star Rue McClanahan died of a massive stroke early Thursday. She was 76.

Her rep tells People.com that she died at 1 a.m. with her family around her.

McClanahan starred as the man-hungry Southern belle Blanche Deveraux in the beloved NBC series about four women sharing a house in Miami. Betty White is now the lone remaining star of the series, which ran from 1985 to 1992.


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