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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    04/26/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    God'll get you for that photo, Wally Fong...
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    04/26/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    I was with a gaggle of gays when this news broke, and there was much texting and frippering and tears and such. But really what her passing means to me is that we've lost another of that fading generation of entertainers who were, well, just that. Entertainers. Bea acted, she sang, she sorta danced, but really she was just this whole entire package, this portrayer of people, this communicator of stony old weirdo thoughts that theatre writers (and TV writers) dreamed up in their lonely hearts.


    And we have a few of those people still, young ones even--like Jane Krakowski and Kristin Chenoweth and, um, Antonio Banderas?--but Bea is just another of that old guard to fleet this earth, an old vet of a showbiz world that was more show than biz. And that's sad. Sure it's a bigger, more important thing to be losing our WWII vets and Holocaust survivors in handfuls, but there's still something to be mourned in this. A vanguard. A tradition that's fading.


    So, a glass to you Ms. Bea. What you knew how to do we--gay, straight, whatever!--can only hope to imitate.

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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    04/26/09

    @Richard Lawson: See, I said the gays would mourn her the loudest!
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    Image of Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux
    04/26/09

    @Richard Lawson: Jesus. That should be part of her obituary in the N.Y.T.
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    Image of mcbeachy mcbeachy
    04/26/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    @allyzay -- I totally agree. And I gotta say, Owen, how old are you? Doesn't seem like anyone hits as many wrong notes as you do on this site.... and I've been reading it since the beginning.
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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    04/26/09

    @mcbeachy: "mcbeachy has no friends."
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    Image of DorothyMantooth DorothyMantooth
    04/26/09

    @Owen Thomas: Dude. Seriously with this?
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    Image of DoctorEcks DoctorEcks
    04/26/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009

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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    04/26/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    Oh, nononononono! Horrible. Loved her. As a say-what-you-think (no matter how much it makes the boss hate you), tall, broad-shouldered, not-terribly-feminine girl, I have always loved her. I always will. RIP Bea Arthur.
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    Image of SugartitsMcFirecrotch SugartitsMcFirecrotch
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    And there's Maude (not so much) . . .


    R.I.P. Bea - may Angels sing thee to thy rest.

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    hey, owen, just fyi but i don't know anyone who doesn't like bea arthur, gay, straight, or bi. referring to her large gay following is one thing but carrying on about it in every other sentence seems...gross, somehow? not the right word but this tone is really bad.


    anyway rip bea, i forgive you for that time you slammed me straight onto my ass chasing down a taxi on 66th st.

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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    04/25/09

    @allyzay: Thirded. I'm a straight lady-type person and I loved the shit out of old Bea. She and the other Golden Girls played a big part in turning me into the sarcastic drunk you see before you today.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    A tribute (w/Rock Hudson!); nothing exceeds like excess.


    RIP and love to one of the last great Broads.




    + Watch video



    "
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    Image of AjaxNangerini AjaxNangerini
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    For me Bea will always be Vera Charles in Mame. Strut home Angel.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    04/25/09

    @AjaxNangerini:

    I have a little secret I'd like to impart.

    That I hope doesn't give you too much of a start;

    Tho' it's shocking, it's completely true.


    I know it isn't gossip, or rumor, of course,

    For I've had it from quite a reliable source

    And I'd like to pass it on to you.


    The man in the moon is a lady,

    A lady in lipstick and curls;

    The cow that jumped over cried,

    "Jumpin' Jehovah,

    I think it's just one of the girls."


    She winks at the stars from her bed of green cheese,

    That isn't a night-gown,

    It's a Saturn chemise.


    Oh, her friends are the stars and the planets,

    She sends the Big Dipper a kiss;

    So don't ever offend her,

    Remember her gender,

    The man in the moon is a miss.

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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    RIP to a fine comic actress.


    Maude takes on Archie, arguing about Roosa-velt and the New Deal. Wonderful and timely:

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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    Geeks (like you Owen) should be mourning her as well:


    Probs the best part of the Holiday Special...

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    unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of lobstr lobstr
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    04/25/09

    Nice, lobstr. You're lucky to have this pic to remember Bea by.
    That said, she still looks like she could beat the crap out of me (whilst simultaneously singing and drinking a big glass of scotch).
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    04/25/09

    @lobstr: Okay, either you're ginormous, or Bea Arthur is much smaller than I thought, and every other actor and actress she worked with is absolutely tiny.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    04/26/09

    @misslinda: she was seated and I was standing --


    oh, and I was on a tremendous amount of shrooms.. faked a press pass to gain access to "interview her" .. all as part of the larger eventual cause of me meeting all four of the golden girls... :D

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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    adios.. you were a fine hack, Bea :D
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    Image of MattyMcboy MattyMcboy
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    and don't forget she was in Mame.


    hopefully Lifetime will be putting something together for this tragedy, like a week long Golden Girls marathon.

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    Image of Cheruth Cheruth
    04/25/09

    @MattyMcboy: I don't think Lifetime has the syndication rights to Golden Girls anymore. I believe its Hallmark now.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    04/25/09

    @Cheruth: Yes. It used to smell like Jean Nate, now it smells like old lady house.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    04/25/09

    @MattyMcboy: Sigh. Bad hair and shoulder pads out to here. I miss Golden Girls, and i'm not ashamed to admit it.
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    Image of RhubarbPlatypus RhubarbPlatypus
    04/25/09

    In reply to Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
    Betty White is an Immortal.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    04/25/09

    @RhubarbPlatypus:

    indeed she is


     Reply
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