In May 2021, social media users enthusiastically shared a meme that purported to describe the military service record of an icon of American television — Bea Arthur. The meme read as follows ...

Hall/NBCU Photo Bank Not everything was golden for Bea Arthur and Betty White ... “With [The Golden Girls], be honest, be real, be really funny, but just make it a part of their lives so ...

I was sad to hear that the warm and funny Bea Arthur died over the weekend after battling cancer. She was 86. And besides all the many fond television and entertainment memories that make me smile ...

It should come as no surprise to Golden Girls fans that the cast members were just as funny in real life as ... but the comedy chops of Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty ...