Just a few weeks shy of her 87th birthday (May 13), actress Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (birth name Bernice Frankel) passed away from cancer over this past weekend on April 25, 2009. News of her cancer was not publicly known at the request of Bea. She's one of the few entertainers who managed a lifetime in the industry. Standing at 5'-9" and posessing a deep voice, what once made … [Read more...] about Death of a Golden Girl, Bea Arthur (1922-2009)