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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Claudia Luther / The Bulletin
July 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Estelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wise-cracking mother of Bea Arthur on the popular NBC sitcom “The Golden Girls,” died Tuesday. She was 84.
Getty, who also won notice for....