Today we’re remembering a career crowned by Estelle Getty’s 10-year turn as wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo.
Died July 2008
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Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an Internet sensation.
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Her songs struck the hearts of servicemen far from home.
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Keyes’ marriages and divorces made her the darling of gossip columns and fan magazines.
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She made Revlon’s 1950s “Fire and Ice” cosmetics line famous.
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His habit of blocking nominations and legislation won him a nickname of “Senator No.”