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"&lt;img vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Bea Arthur\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/04/25/0425_bea_arthur_bn_2-1.jpg\" /&gt;A family spokesman for &lt;strong&gt;Bea Arthur&lt;/strong&gt; says the actress has died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spokesman Dan Watt says Arthur had cancer, but did not offer any further details. Arthur passed away at home early this morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arthur is most well-known for her roles in \"The Golden Girls\" and \"Maude.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rue McClanahan&lt;/strong&gt; who played Blanche Devereaux on \"The Golden Girls\" issued the following statement about Bea's passing to TMZ: \"37 years ago she showed me how to be very brave in playing comedy. I'll miss that courage and I'll miss that voice.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"related\"&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;See Also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQzUEc_FmI\"&gt;Thank You For Being A Friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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