2006-08-18 15:40:11 · 10 answers · asked by Shannon T 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
During a brief reunion in November 2004 with "The Golden Girls" (1985)'s Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Beatrice Arthur, it was reported on TV by the ladies that Estelle was suffering from severe dementia.
She is 83 now and has Parkinson's disease
2006-08-18 15:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by leathersammie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Estelle is far from dead, folks.
She does NOT have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, but a disease called Lewy-Body Dementia, which does have Parkinson's symptoms. Other primary symptoms are fluctuating alertness and visual hallucinations. It's the same disease the claimed the life of Dudley Moore.
Betty White said on an Entertainment Tonight interview earlier in the year that Estelle is like a "curtain blowing in the wind." Sometimes she is there, sometimes not.
The second link is an update on Estelle as of June 2006. That website is great for GG information.
2006-08-22 10:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by Jim I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An associate of mine who knows Betty White personally told me about three weeks ago that she is not doing very well at all. She doesn't recognize any of her costars from the series who have come to visit her in the long term care facility. Very sad...
2006-08-18 22:47:30 · answer #3 · answered by Trace Element 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea, but if you are asking because you think she would be VERY old today, ironically she was the youngest of the bunch of old crones, they just made her up to look older...
2006-08-18 23:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry no..but I love that show i know Betty White (a.k.a Rosa) is still alive I hope all of them are too....Girl u got good TASTE!!!
2006-08-18 22:46:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last i heard shes in a nursing home
2006-08-18 23:10:23 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last I heard not too good. I thought she had Alzheimers
2006-08-18 22:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think she's doing very well.
2006-08-18 22:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she is probaly dead by now
2006-08-18 22:47:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arent' they all dead?
2006-08-19 02:03:06 · answer #10 · answered by Nevar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋