The Golden Girls followed the adventures of four women who were of a certain age, living

together in Miami.

Dorothy, the sharp-tongued one, Blanche, the sexy one, rose the innocent one and Sophia,

the one who said whatever was on her mind.

Betty White's death in December marked the passing of the last of the four actresses

who made up this cast, each of whom won a primetime Emmy for her work on the show.

It's a fine time to take a look at what is for a lot of us an old favorite.

I'm Linda Holmes and we're talking about the Golden Girls on today's pop culture happy

hour from NPR.

Here with me is NPR's White House correspondent Aisha Rasko.

Hello Aisha!

Hello!

So the Golden Girls ran from 1985 to 1992.

The women living in the house were Dorothy, played by B. Arthur, who was a divorced teacher.

Dorothy's mother, Sophia, played by Estelle Getty.

Her story is about back in Sicily, rose, played by Betty White, a widow who grew up extremely

wholesome in St. Olaf, Minnesota, and Blanche played by Ruma clanahan, a sexy Southern

bell who was also a widow and who owned the house.

Set in Miami, the show followed their dating lives, their family lives, their work lives,

and it also touched on a lot of issues of the day, like AIDS and sexual harassment, immigration,

and illnesses including chronic fatigue syndrome.

It spawned a couple of different spin-offs including the Golden Palace and empty nest,

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