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HOLLYWOOD - A former star of "The Golden Girls" has been struck down in the prime of old age. Septuagenarian Estelle Getty tells the May 16 edition of the Globe that she is battling Parkinson's disease.
"I'm determined not to go under with this thing," Getty, 75, tells the supermarket tab.
Getty says she began experiencing symptoms five years ago, but remains in good health. She's due to appear in the May 15 edition of the CBS sitcom "Ladies' Man," alongside her ex-"Golden Girls" comrades Betty White, 78, and Rue McClanahan, 65.
On "The Golden Girls" (1985-92), Getty played the feisty old one. Er, make that, the feisty old one called Sophia.