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Estelle Getty retired from acting in 2001 after a successful career that spanned over five decades. She is best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on the sitcom "The Golden Girls," for which she won three Emmy Awards. Getty also appeared in several other films and television shows, including "The Love Boat," "Murder, She Wrote," and "The Nanny." She died in 2008 at the age of 84.