Way too deep...(R.I.P. Rue McClanahan)

As 2/3 of the world known...Rue McClanahan passed away yesterday a.m. I don't miss the character of Blanche so much...yeah she still makes me laugh as I flashback on how similar our stories are...but the truth of the matter is...

She was only 76...

I remember when they said Estelle Getty died. She died first, but she was the second youngest actress in real life. Yet she still played the matriarch. I didn't follow the Golden Girls at that point. I attempted to get into the GG's in 2004, but after a crazy trip to Tennessee...I never got into them.

Then Bea Arthur passed. At this point of 2009, I was just getting into them for the second attempt ( Thanks Bear!), so I wasn't affected too much. I did recognize her as the old babysitter on Malcolm in the Middle, which was one of my favorite episodes!

But Rue McClanahan played the youngest on the show, and was the youngest in real life. What gets me the most is that she is only 50 years older than me...Where will I be in 50 years?

I realize that I will probably never achieve that kind of stardom, but in 50 years where will I be? I know what I want to do, and I what I wish I could do, and what I will probably be doing...and it makes me feel small...

In 1960, the Vietnam War had just begun. Man hadn't been on the moon yet. There were no cable, no cell phones, no home computers...and I get to thinking...what will happen 50 years from now?

I grew up in a generation where we always had TV, telephones, cars, music players...only the laptop computer and the internet can I say were truly unimaginable in the early 80's.

What will the world be like in 50 years from now?

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Rose is, and always will be, my favorite.