I think this was one of the real classics of television. Sophia was everyone's mom or grandma. She will be missed, as will be the series, regardless of the many reruns.

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Estelle Getty, the actress best known for her role as the feisty Sophia on The Golden Girls -- though we'd like to remember her work as Sylvester Stallone's mother in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot -- has died at the age of 84, according to reports....