Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 76.
Her manager, Barbara Lawrence, said McClanahan died Thursday at 1 a.m. at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of a brain hemorrhage.
Qui-Gon Jinn dies during an intense duel with Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, suffering a fatal lightsaber wound. His death sets major events in motion.
Disney is reportedly scaling back its Star Wars TV output, releasing only one live-action series per year starting in 2025 as part of cost-cutting measures.
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