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At 62 years old, Vicki Lawrence is closing in on the 65-year old character she first made famous on 'The Carol Burnett Show.' 'Mama's Family' would go on to run five seasons of its own, and as proven on 'The Talk' (Weekdays, Syndicated on CBS), it's a character she's still not gotten rid of.

And somehow, 'Mama' Thelma Harper doesn't look like she's aged a day in the past 30+ years. But she's as opinionated and progressive as ever, proposing that the solution to the border patrol problems is to build senior citizen homes along it.

"Nobody sees more than a nosy old lady," she said as the audience erupted in roars of laughter.

In what was already a sad week in entertainment, Rue McClanahan passed away this morning from a massive stroke at the age of 76.

This leaves the resurgent Betty White as the only one of the 'Golden Girls' quartet who's still with us, a remarkable thought considering that it didn't seem like that long ago when White, McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty were all making us laugh on Saturday nights.

Most people know McClanahan from her 'Girls' role of sexy senior Blanche Devereaux. But McClanahan's on-screen career stretches back almost fifty years, and she's been featured in a number of interesting television roles before and since her years on that lanai in Miami.

Here are some of the more interesting parts of Rue's career you may or may not have known about:

• TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.
• TruTV has a Cops marathon all night.
• CMTV has a Mama's Family marathon all night.
• At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then a new Million Dollar Password.
• NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Chargers/Broncos game.
• At 8, History Channel has Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler.
• At 8:15, ESPN has the Independence Bowl.
• At 9, Nickelodeon has a new Nick News.
• At 10, Lifetime Movie Network has Secret Santa.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Drinky Crow Show.

Check your local TV listings for more.