It's a sad day, reader.

We regret to inform you that Estelle Getty - also known as Golden Girls' Sophia Petrillo - has died. The actress, who cut her teeth on Broadway, was a mere three days shy of her 85th birthday.

Above, a Golden Girls clip of Sophia, daughter Dorothy and the other gals enjoying some porn.

75 percent of the Golden Girls - Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Betty White - got together for a rare public appearance at the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica yesterday.
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Holy Ricky Martin! HIV infection is on the rise in Puerto Rico – and get your mind out of the gay-hating gutter – the virus isn’t spreading among the usual suspects.

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Did you know that Andrew Gold wrote and sang The Golden Girls theme "Thank You For Being A Friend"? We didn't either - not until about five minutes ago, anyway. Here's Gold with his original version of the iconic song. It's longer than the sitcom's intro, but just as cheesy.

After he jump: "Lonely Boy"…

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What could more disgusting than listening to Sarah Jessica Parker talk about her sex life? Well, nothing in our opinion. Not even Claymation Golden Girls. After the jump, watch what it would be like if Sex and the City starred another famous foursome.

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• Last month Sheryl Swoopes and George Takei gave us two celebrity coming outs in one week. This month we get two denials in a week.

• Some heartless anti-gay protesters are picketing a U.S. soldier’s funeral in Colorado. Not because he was gay, “only that he died for America — and that America supports homosexuals.” America supports homos? Someone warn Dubya!

• Our only reason to ever watch Lifetime: A Golden Girls marathon!

• LOST SPOILER ALERT! So one of the girls was offed on this week’s episode of Lost. We’d be more than happy to weed out a snotty rich bitch from our lives (we know you have too many, too) and we’re thankful to J.J. Abrams for keeping hunks Mathew Fox, Josh Holloway, the hobbit and that hot Korean dude together on the scorching, sweaty island. Just think, if the rest of the ladies go, the men will have nowhere to turn for love but each other.

• Researchers have found brain differences in gay flies. Great. That should help us figure out which one of the insects buzzing around our trashcan are fags.