DEAD CELEBRITIES: Rue McClanahan Edition

They always happen in threes. First Gary Coleman, then Dennis Hopper, and now our third fateful death of the week: Rue McClanahan, who is best known for playing Blanche on The Golden Girls. The actress was 76. This is a rather sad turn of events, especially now that The Golden Girls has received a new …

DEAD CELEBRITIES: Gary Coleman Edition

The run of bad luck with the former stars of Diff’rent Strokes continued today with the death of Gary Coleman. The former child actor suffered an intercranial hemorrhage in Utah and never recovered. He was 42. And so another pivotal sitcom star of my youth passes away. Sadness. For more information, click here.