Estelle Getty has passed.
Estelle Getty has passed.
ThePinballWizard
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/06
#1Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:06pm
What a wonderful and beautiful actress, you better show 'em upstairs how its done. No one did a zinger quite like you.
...this cheesecake is for you.
"Isn't it strange that we spend most of our time learning to do what they put people in asylums for." - Jane Fonda on Acting
Updated On: 7/22/08 at 02:06 PM
ABoyLikeThat
Featured Actor Joined: 8/13/05
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:11pm
Oh NO.
Loved her in TORCH SONG TRILOGY with Harvey.
Peace out.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#3re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:13pmWow. I was thinking about her this morning. I knew she had been ill. May you rest in peace Estelle. Your Sophia will always bring me joy.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#4re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:14pmRest in peace, Estelle. You brought laughter and happiness to millions of people and I'm sure you'll be doing it all over again wherever you are now.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#5re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:18pm
From estellegetty.com:
To all of Estelle's Fans,
Sadly, today July 22, 2008 at 5:35 a.m. Pacific Time, we said our last good-byes to our little friend Estelle, who passed away and made her journey to the great beyond. Although it was a trip that she never wanted to take, she went gracefully, in the comfort of her own home, surrounded by her family and her very loving care-givers.
Estelle's legacy will live on and on through the comedy and laughter she gave to us all, which will forever keep us laughing out loud.
For us here, who have known and cared for her for so many years, we've lost our dear little friend who always kept us entertained by filling our days with joyful laughter. Estelle's fans across the globe have lost the feisty little lady known as Sophia Petrillo, whose quick wit, cutting remarks, and outrageous punch lines will forever be quoted and remembered.
Estelle was a fighter. She always stood up for the underdogs, fought for equality for all, and always pictured a world filled with "Love and Laughter" --her most favorite catch phrase.
Estelle, we love you and will miss you dearly. We pray that you are met at the Pearly Gate with open arms and a warm welcome by all who have passed before you. If there's a stage over there, I know you'll be on it. If there's a thrift shop, I know you'll be shopping, and if there's a deli, I know you'll be eating there holding court with Rhoda and Sylvia ... and the laughter will be heard throughout the heavens.
Goodbye, dear friend. Thank you for all the talent and love that you've shared with us during your time here on Earth. You have touched my life, and the lives of so many others who will never forget you.
Until we meet again...
Love and Laughter to You,
Paul Chapdelaine
#6re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:21pmVery sad news indeed. One of the funniest women I've ever seen on TV, and how I wish I could have seen her live on stage in TORCH SONG TRILOGY. RIP, Ms. Getty, you will not be forgotten.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#7re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:25pm
"Picture it: Miami, 1987. A house--the only one in the neighborhood without a pool, but I digress. Four women, friends. They laugh, they cry, they eat; they love, they hate, they eat; every time you turn around, they eat. The point I'm trying to make here is, what's going on here is living. Just because you have some rough times doesn't mean you throw in the towel. You go on living...and eating."
For this and so many more, we'll miss you, Estelle.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#8re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:27pm
So very sad to learn of Estelle's passing. I saw Torch Song Trilogy numerous times and was an avid fan long before her Golden Girls fame. I also had the pleasure of knowing her on a personal level. After the show, the TST cast would rendezvous at the old Ted Hook's Backstage on 45th Street. She was an absolute doll, always stopped by at my table (or vice versa) and always had kind words for everyone. And she almost stole the show from Harvey every time. Bless you, Estelle. You lit up so many people's lives. RIP.
BroadwayEd
Updated On: 7/22/08 at 02:27 PM
#9re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:29pmSad, but from the reports given by Rue, it feels like she's at peace now. She will be missed.
#10re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:32pmAweee - She was so funny on GOLDEN GIRLS. RIP Estelle.
< Patty Duke (the original Neely O'Hara) & me (March 8, 2010)
#11re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:38pmShe was such an amazing talent that she even made dreck like Stop or My Mother Will Shoot funny....Now that takes talent and she had more in one raise of the eyebrow them many of the actors today have in their whole career.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#12re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:40pm
I'm so saddened by this news. Truy, truly.
Ms. Getty and I shared a birthday, July 25th.
Estelle, here's hoping the 85th is celebrated upstairs.
My love, warmest of regards, and thanks for the memories.
Forever indebted for the laughter and the love.
Thank you for being a friend.
RIP - Mike
OrdinaryJukebox
Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/06
#13re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:45pm
RIP Estelle Getty
I wish I had gotten to see her in "Torch Song Trilogy." The only work of hers I know is "The Golden Girls," and I loved her for it.
-Vincent
#14re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:48pmTo a wonderful woman. Thank you for your comedy and heart, Estelle.
#16re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:58pm
I feel like I've lost my own grandmother.
I am heartbroken.
Rest in Peace Estelle.
Thank you for filling my life with laughter and happiness when I've needed it most. You will continue to do so even though you're no longer with us.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
fanpires
Stand-by Joined: 6/25/08
#18re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 3:15pm
This is truly sad news, but I'm sure she's somewhere better, making people laugh, and eating cheesecake.
Thank you for being a friend to so many of us.
Rest in Peace.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
#19re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 3:17pmI'm so sad for these news ! What a wonderful actress and person ! May she rest in piece !
mikeyb16
Broadway Star Joined: 1/22/06
#20re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 3:24pmI thought she was hilarious as Sophia in The Golden Girls. God rest her soul.
#21re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 3:26pmYou brought laughter to many a sad day. Rest In Peace, Estelle, you will be missed by all.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
#23re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 3:44pm
She was a revelation in the part - but then the role was written for her.
I am so glad I got to see her several times in the role - from off off Broadway to Off Broadway to Broadway.
Rest in Peace
#24re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 3:44pm
She was great in everything she did!!
She will be missed, but tonight she sleeps under an angels wings!!!
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