UPDATE: You can read statements from Betty White and Rue McClanahan here. Bea Arthur, an award-winning actress of stage and television, died today in her Los Angeles home. She was 86. During her years ...

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Bea Arthur passed away today of cancer. It’s strange when a celebrity dies and it truly saddens you to a degree that it’s as if you knew them. But that’s definitely how I felt when I saw the onslaught ...

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In a statement, Arthur's publicist Dan Watt said: "She was a brilliant and witty woman. Bea will always have a special place in my heart." Watt declined to offer specific details about his client's ...