There’s no dispute. Blanche Deveraux was the original Samantha Jones. In Rue McClanahan’s 2007 memoir My First Five Husbands…And the Ones Who Got Away, she wrote:

“People always ask me if I’m like Blanche. And I say, ‘Well, Blanche was an oversexed, self-involved, man-crazy, vain Southern belle from Atlanta—and I’m not from Atlanta!’

The Golden Girl actress died last night of a massive stroke.

We’ll miss you Rue!

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