Estelle Getty, Star of "Golden Girls," Dies at 84

Playbill: "Ms. Getty played the sarcastic, fast-talking mother of Bea Arthur's character on 'The Golden Girls,' the sitcom about four female retirees who share a house. Though the three other actresses — Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan — were far more established, Ms. Getty's nonstop barrage of peppy, often- off-color zingers quickly grabbed viewers' attention. Much was made in the press of the fact that, though she played an octogenarian, she was actually more than a year younger"