The tiny (4′ 10-1/2″) actress found success in 1985 playing Sophia on TV’s “The Golden Girls,” .  Her character was so funny and so feisty.

Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home.  In the mid 1990′s she was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease.

Her son:

She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents,”  “She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived.

She was on The Golden Girls from 1985 to 2000 when she learned of her illness.

Our condolences to her family.

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Thanks to Mom & M!!!!