Bye bye, Bea

Love her or be grated by her, she was one inimitable woman who provided decades of entertaining lines in three long running series.

She was my favourite Golden Girl and I wished (now) I had seen her when she came out and did her comedy shows only a few years back. What an amazing and long career. I didn't necessarily follow her and wasn't an all-out fan, but - just as with any classic long time entertainer - it's kind of like losing someone you've always known. Because she's always been on the tv, somewhere, sometime, in something.

'Golden Girls' Star Bea Arthur Dies at 86