I stumbled upon this book at the library and took it out.
I knew Rue had written a book a few years back, however I had never seen it in any bookstores. Guess you can tell how long it's been that I have visited the library.

I knew Rue was married a few times but had no idea of any of the details.

This is so funny that you happened to mention this. I just checked out a copy of Rue's book at my own local library tonight!!!! :cool: :D

Okay this is weird. I was just thinking about getting her book in ebook format if I could find it in ebook format!! :D

Proof positive that great minds do think alike!!! :cool: :D

So what are some of the juicy stories from her life?

Well, she was married 6 times, had flings with quite a few other men, including the late Brad Davis of Midnight Express fame...

I jumped to near the end of the book (bad habit of mine) where Rue got to the Golden Girls. There were a couple of mistakes she made timeline-wise. Not major, but still mistakes we can all pick up on.

That makes me wonder if earlier in the book some things she said may have not quite happend like said they did. What I'm thinking is Rue only wrote this book (2007?) a couple of years before she passed.

Well, she was married 6 times, had flings with quite a few other men, including the late Brad Davis of Midnight Express fame...

DAMMMMMMNNNNNN! She really got around! So she really was a slut! :lol:

How many kids did she have? Any of them do anything prominent?

Rue only had one child, a son by her first husband, named Mark (born in 1958). He is (or was) a musician.

Rue got married to husband#1 because she was pregnant. She loved him, however he left her & son. Don't quite know what his problem
was. She said is took her 28 years to finally get over him.

Rue married husband #2 and #3 to provide a father for her son. Husband#3 beat her yet it was the longest of her first 5 marriages. She stayed with him that long because she didn't want another divorce.

Husband#4 was the only one she had no pictures of.

Husband#5 was a childhood friend whom she married a year before GG started.

Husband#6 is her widower. It was her longest marriage.

Husband#3 beat her yet it was the longest of her first 5 marriages.

WHAT?!?! :eek: He beat her are you SERIOUS?!? Where's that melon baller Sophia mentioned in the episode with Blanche's grandson. I'd like to take that and knock that sucker into the next century. :mad:

Or better yet I'll just pull out my Louisville Slugger.

Wow.

One of these days, I will learn how to edit a post.

When I said Rue's 3rd husband beat her, beat may have not been the right word. However, he did slap her when she disagreed with him, and she said she was not alowed to have different opinions. It was her son Mark who was around 11 at the time that said I can't live with Mom until she gets rid of her husband. That made Rue see things more clearly.

Also, she didn't refer to either her 3rd husband or 4th by their real names. Her 3rd husband was "The Italian" and her 4th husband was "The Greek."

Rue married her 4th husband while she was on Maude. She says not long after they married she realized he married her for her fame. He's the husband she talks about the least. I think she lost a lot of money after that divorce, but doesn't talk about it.

OH Alrighty Dianne3. Back to the basement my bat goes. Thought I was gonna have to act a fool somewhere! LOLOL! NOBODY messes with the Golden Girls!!!

Still, I'm going to look her book up and read it! :)

So what are some of the juicy stories from her life?
I never read her book but I went on line and saw her biography. She hated being married, well she hated being married to the same guy, and hated being single. before she died she was married 6 times and looking for number 7.

I have been wanting to get that book for the longest time. I will get around to it someday. It all sounds interesting.

Actually, I found the book hard to follow.
I kept jumping to the parts I wanted to know about.

Husband no.1, 3 and 4 were jerks.
Husband no.2, 5 and 6 were good guys.

There is an interesting story with husband no.2, but I won't go into details in this post.
His name was Norman. In an early season 3 episode, Blanche mentioned a Norman. I'm sure the character was named after her 2nd husband, whom Rue considered one of her closest friends.