Rue McClanahan Dead at 76

Rue McClanahan died at 1AM on Thursday (June 2).

The 76-year-old Golden Girls star and Emmy-winning actress had a massive stroke on Monday and passed away on Thursday. But she “had her family with her,” her manager, Barbara Lawrence, tells People. “She went in peace.”

Betty White is the only surviving Golden Girl as Rue‘s costar, Beatrice Arthur, died from cancer last year and Estelle Getty died in 2008.

Betty tells ET, “Rue was a close and dear friend. I treasure our relationship. It hurts more than I ever thought it would, if that’s even possible.”

Thank you for being a friend, Rue. RIP!