http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/06/breaking-rue-mcclanahan-passes-away-at.html

Very sad to hear......

:rip: Rue!!! I hope you are enjoying cheesecake once again with Bea and Estelle...

I'm very sad to hear about this. All the Golden Girls are just going way too fast.

R.I.P. to an icon. It's a shame to think that only Betty is left. Hopefully Hallmark and WE tv will do something to remember her.

R.I.P. to an icon. It's a shame to think that only Betty is left. Hopefully Hallmark and WE tv will do something to remember her.
I'm sure they will. When Bea died last year, there was a GG marathon on Hallmark (I think that was the channel).

Both WE tv and Hallmark had tributes for Bea last year. And I hear they are working on it right now. Stay with us for updates.

Thanks, Pav!!

:rip: Rue. I remember her not only from GG but from Maude as well, and the short lived but funny Lear production "Apple Pie". She was a very good actress and from what I've heard/read, a very sweet and intelligent lady.

This is so sad. Bless her heart. She's in heaven now and we have reruns of "The Golden Girls". :(

:rip: Rue McClanahan

This is so sad. Bless her heart. She's in heaven now and we have reruns of "The Golden Girls". :(
Plus the DVDs - now if someone would officially release Golden Palace!!!

Goodbye, Rue... I'll miss you & love you forever. You will always be Blanche Devereaux in my heart...

UPDATE: WE tv to air "The Golden Girls" Marathon: Best of Blanche--Friday, June 4: 4pm-1am ET/PT. http://goo.gl/fb/Kq9As

UPDATE: WE tv to air "The Golden Girls" Marathon: Best of Blanche--Friday, June 4: 4pm-1am ET/PT. http://goo.gl/fb/Kq9As
Awesome! You wouldn't happen to know any specific episodes in this marathon, would you?

As stated in the blog, episode info to come.

RIP Rue :(

More share memories of Rue from people like Vicki Lawrence:

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/06/03/rue-mcclanahan-tribute-betty-white-leslie-jordan/

May You Rest In Peace Rue :(:rip:

I didn't know she had health problems, she will be missed. :(RIP Rue Thank you for being our friend.

:rip: Rue. I remember her not only from GG but from Maude as well, and the short lived but funny Lear production "Apple Pie". She was a very good actress and from what I've heard/read, a very sweet and intelligent lady.
I remember her from Maude also as well as Aunt Fran on the first two seasons of Mama's Family.

UPDATE: WE tv to air "The Golden Girls" Marathon: Best of Blanche--Friday, June 4: 5pm-1am ET/PT. http://goo.gl/fb/Kq9As

Here are the episodes airing on today's WE tv marathon tribute from 5pm-1am:

5:00 PM 201 End of the Curse Blanche is mortified after taking a pregnancy test which indicates she's pregnant. Then after visiting her doctor, she learns the truth, she's beginning menopause. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia go into the mink breeding business.

5:30PM 206 Big Daddy's Little Lady Blanche's father comes to Miami for a visit and has an announcement he's engaged to be married. Blanche is thrilled until she meets his fiancee who happens to be younger than herself. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose enter a song writing contest.

6:00PM 308 Brotherly Love Blanche makes a move at Ted, Stan's brother the minute she learns he's a neurosurgeon. She is furious when she discovers the only woman Ted is apparently interested in is Dorothy. Meanwhile, Rose is suffering from insomnia.

6:30PM 314 Blanche's Little Girl Blanche is thrilled by a visit from her daughter, Rebecca, an ex-model who has now gained quite a bit of weight. Also visiting with Rebecca is her oafish beau who constantly puts down her weight. The kicker: she's thinking of marrying him.

7:00PM 401 Yes, We Have No Havanas Blanche's latest boyfriend is a charming Cuban whom sweeps Blanche off her feet but she's not the only one when Blanche discovers he's been dating Sophia behind her back. Meanwhile, Rose takes a course taught by Dorothy in order to get a high school diploma

7:30PM 403 The One That Got Away Blanche is expecting a visit from the one man who has always turned her down when it comes to sex. Thus, makes her determined to seduce him into bed. Meanwhile, Rose claims to have seen a UFO and gets the Air Force involved.

8:00PM 412 Blind Date After being dumped by her boyfriend, Blanche befriends a man at a bar and makes a date with him unknown to her he's blind. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose try their hand at coaching a kids' football team.

8:30PM 503 Accurate Conception, The Blanche's daughter, Rebecca has some wonderful news. She's going to become a mother, through artificial insemination. However, Blanche is less then thrilled, she's totally against the entire thing.

9:00PM 508 That Old Feeling Blanche is visited by her brother in-law and is taken back by his resemblance to her deceased husband. She quickly finds herself falling in love with hopes of marriage.

9:30PM 511 Ebb Tide Blanche is shattered after her father, Big Daddy, passes away. However, when she goes back to her childhood home, she gets into a big argument with her sister, Virginia and decides not to attend the funeral. Meanwhile, Sophia tries to raise cash for a TV

10:00PM 517 Like The Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom After visiting the doctor, Blanche learns that he wants to put a pacemaker in her. However, after the operation, Blanche is so scared of intimacy that she decides to give up sex.

10:30PM 601 Blanche Delivers Blanche's daughter wants to give birth in a birthing center while Blanche is preoccupied by the possibility of Rebecca delivering in a local hospital. Blanche doesn't want to be embarrassed by the fact that her daughter was artificially inseminated.

11:00PM 609 Mrs. George Devereaux Blanche has a secret admirer and is shocked when she meets him, her supposedly dead husband, George. Meanwhile, Dorothy is being wooed by two men, Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner.

11:30PM 611 Stand By Your Man Blanche meets a man at the library and only after they make a date does she realizes he's in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Rose wants to keep one of the puppies from Dreyfuss' litter despite Blanche and Dorothy's feelings.

12:00AM 614 Sister of the Bride Blanche's gay brother Clayton, makes a visit to Miami with a surprise, he has found the right person to make a commitment to, but Blanche still can't get over Clayton's sexual orientation. Meanwhile, Rose expects to win a Volunteer of the Year award.

12:30AM 703 Beauty and the Beast Blanche is visited by her granddaughter, Melissa, and the only thing that Blanche has on her mind is Melissa winning a Little Miss Beauty Contest. Meanwhile, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after a recuperating Sophia.

I like all of those episodes - and they truly brought out the best in Rue's talent. Thanks for sharing the list, Pav. :D

The Hallmark Channel will air Blanche themed episodes of The Golden Girls all next week (June 7-11) in its regular slots of weekdays 9am-11am & 11pm-1am. We'll try to have episode info on those soon, but it doesn't seem there will be a marathon block on Hallmark.

THE GOLDEN GIRLS – HALLMARK CHANNEL CELEBRATES RUE MCCLANAHAN
June 7–11, 9am-11a & 11pm-1am

Hallmark Channel pays tribute to Rue McClanahan with a week of Golden Girls episodes celebrating Blanche Devereaux. Spend some time remembering this sultry and flirtatious Southern belle as Hallmark Channel says thank you for being our friend.

Monday, June 7, 2010 (repeats 11pm-1am)
9:00 am - 9:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Transplant""
Blanche's sister, Virginia, comes to Miami for a visit and Blanche is convinced she's after something. Later, while out to dinner, she learns just what Virginia is after, Blanche's kidney."
9:30 am - 10:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Blanche and the Younger Man""
Blanche goes all out to try to look good for her latest beau, her aerobics instructor half her age. Meanwhile, Rose's dynamic mother comes for a visit and gets fed up with Rose's ""mothering"" ways."
10:00 am - 10:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Big Daddy""
Blanche's father, Big Daddy, comes to Miami for a visit, with an announcement. Meanwhile, Sophia places a ""curse"" on a neighbor who refuses to remove his tree that fell over."
10:30 am - 11:00 am "Golden Girls: ""End of the Curse"
Blanche is mortified after taking a pregnancy test which indicates she's pregnant. Then after visiting her doctor, she learns the truth, she's beginning menopause."

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 (repeats 11pm-1am)
9:00 am - 9:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Joust Between Friends"
Laid off from work, Dorothy searches for part-time work which leads to Blanche getting her a job at the museum. Then fur flies when Dorothy is handed the job of organizing a banquet, the duty Blanche was hoping for."
9:30 am - 10:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Blanche's Little Girl"
Blanche is thrilled by a visit from her daughter, Rebecca. Also visiting with Rebecca is her oafish beau who constantly puts her down. The kicker: she's thinking of marrying him."
10:00 am - 10:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Yes, We Have No Havanas""
Blanche's latest boyfriend sweeps her off her feet but she's not the only one when Blanche discovers he's been dating Sophia behind her back."
10:30 am - 11:00 am "Golden Girls: ""The One That Got Away""
Blanche is expecting a visit from the one man who has always turned her down in bed. Thus, makes her determined to seduce him."

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 (repeats 11pm-1am)
9:00 am - 9:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Scared Straight"
Blanche's brother, Clayton comes to Miami for a visit and Blanche goes all out fixing him up on blind dates. However, Rose learns the truth, Clayton is gay."
9:30 am - 10:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Blind Date"
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Blanche befriends a man at a bar and makes a date with him unknown to her he's blind."
10:00 am - 10:30 am "Golden Girls: ""The Accurate Conception"
Blanche's daughter, Rebecca, has some news. She's going to become a mother, through artificial insemination. However, Blanche is ltotally against the entire thing."
10:30 am - 11:00 am "Golden Girls: ""That Old Feeling""
Blanche is visited by her brother in-law and is taken back by his resemblence to her deceased husband. She quickly finds herself falling in love with hopes of marriage."

Thursday, June 10, 2010 (repeats 11pm-1am)
9:00 am - 9:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Ebb Tide""
Blanche is shattered after her father, Big Daddy, passes away. However, she gets into a big argument with her sister, Virginia, and decides not to attend the funeral."
9:30 am - 10:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Triple Play""
Blanche tries to lure men by placing a fake ad in the paper trying to sell a Mercedes. Meanwhile, Rose has to deal with meeting Miles's daughter."
10:00 am - 10:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom"
After visiting the doctor, Blanche learns that he wants to put a pacemaker in her."
10:30 am - 11:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Blanche Delivers""
Blanche's daughter arrives in Miami to give birth while Blanche doesn't want to be embarrassed by the fact that her daughter was artificially inseminated."

Friday, June 11, 2010 (repeats 11pm-1am)
9:00 am - 9:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Mrs. George Devereaux""
Blanche has a secret admirer and is shocked when she meets him, her supposedly dead husband, George. Guest stars Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner."
9:30 am - 10:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Stand By Your Man""
Blanche meets a man at the library and only after they make a date does she realizes he's in a wheelchair."
10:00 am - 10:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Beauty and the Beast""
Blanche is visited by her granddaughter, Melissa, and Blanche enters her in the Little Miss Miami Beauty Contest."
10:30 am - 11:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Journey to the Center of Attention""
Blanche brings a lonely, Dorothy down to the Rusty Anchor for a night of excitement."

Me-TV in Chicago will air a tribute to Rue McClanahan on Sunday, June 6th by showing episodes of "Maude" from 4pm to 7pm.

Episodes/Times follow below:

4:00pm The Perfect Marriage

Maude is convinced that her best friend, Vivian has the "perfect marriage" so she is completely stunned when Vivian announces plans for a divorce. This leads Maude to analyze her supposed "perfect marriage".

4:30pm The Love Birds

Arthur and Vivian have been dating regularly and Vivian has had it with Arthur's constant mentioning of his late wife, Agnes. This leads to yet another argument between Maude and Walter over her late husband, Albert. However, by the end of the evening, Vivian makes an exciting announcement, Arthur and her are engaged.

5:00pm Stitch in Time, Pt I

At age 47 and recently divorced, Vivian begins her single career (a.k.a. husband search) by getting a face-lift; her new face receives plenty of cheers from Carol and Walter, but only jeers from Maude. This leads Vivian to state the obvious, Maude is jealous and would like a face-lift herself. Maude finally decides to have one and intends to keep it a secret from Walter until she has it done.

5:30pm Stitch in Time, Pt II

Carol does her best to try to keep Walter in the house as anticipation mounts for Maude's return from a 3-week stay in Boston. For which, following Vivian's lead, Maude too got a face-lift. There is only one problem: Walter doesn't notice the difference! As usual, all hell breaks loose and Walter and Maude have yet another argument.

6:00pm The Kiss

Maude becomes concerned when Walter begins smoking a pipe and wearing high heeled shoes. She suggests that perhaps he's going through male menopause. However, what really concerns both her and Arthur is when they catch Vivian and Walter sharing a kiss. This obviously leads to yet more marital strife between the Findlays and the Harmons.

6:30pm The Cabin

When Vivian and Arthur get into a sudden romantic mood which leads to Arthur inviting Vivian away on a romantic weekend to a cabin, Maude becomes unsure of her marriage with Walter. Trying to put the spark back in her marriage, Maude plans a romantic weekend but the situation turns out to be less than ideal.

Awesome! Not only do we get to see Rue in action in GG marathons, a local station gives her a Maude marathon as well. :cool:

RIP and we are so much richer for knowing and laughing with you... rue tell bea and estelle hi

The Logo Channel is airing a the complete Sordid Lives: The Series Sunday night.

This leaves Betty White as the only Golden Girl still with us, and ironically I think she was older than the others. R.I.P. Rue, say Hello to Bea and Estelle. :(