Rue McClanahan

1934 - Forever

Thank you for being a friend

Traveled down the road and back again

your heart is true you're a pal and a confidant

And if you threw a party

Invited everyone you knew

You would see, the biggest gift would be from me

and the card attached would say,

Thank you for being a friend.

...

My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

...

(I want to thank you)

Thank you for being a friend

...

And when we die, and float away

I'll see you there, and once again

Thank you for being a

Thank you for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend !

Another real star is shining up above in the sky

Dixie Carter passed away today at the age of 70 ...

I grew up in the sixties ... in front of a TV set ...

and like the children of today that

can't live without their computers, and that think of it

as the most natural thing in the World,

so did I in regard to a TV set. And as time went by,

I lived my life making my favorite TV shows a part of my life.

A part of myself. As a child I watched Bewitched

and I Dream of Jeannie ... and Lost in Space ...

and Get Smart ...

Later on, in the 70's it was The Mary Tyler Moore Show

and The Love Boat ... and so many others ...

And then came the 80's ... and with it, two shows

that made me forget the troubles and get happy :

'' The Golden Girls'' and ''Designing Women''.

And that's why I can't avoid feeling helplessly sad

for the premature loss of my beloved idol Dixie Carter.

I feel sad the same way I felt when Elizabeth Montgomery ...

and Estelle Getty ...

and Bea Arthur

passed away.

Another one of my idols is gone ...

Another one of my idols became a real star ...

high up above ...

Thank you Dixie for making me happy

for at least half an hour a week ...

For making me laugh not at you,

but with you ...

GOODBYE GOLDEN BEA

Bea Arthur ( 1922-2009 )

It is so sad ... it is like a part of you is gone.

They impregnate your life with fond memories and

help you cope with sadness by

giving you a moment

– even if only a brief one –

of happiness and laughter.

And all of a sudden they become part

of your life (Almost like that friend that

you don’t talk to very often

but that means a lot to you). And in an instant

they are gone forever.

Off course there are the reruns

and DVDs to watch. But no more updates,

no more headlines,

no more interviews,

no more Nickelodeon reunions ...

Just those memories

that you will treasure forever !

’’ Thank you for being a friend … ’’