Estelle Getty was a dancer.
 The two lived separately for some time in the mid-80s to mid-90s, as Getty moved to California to work on The Golden Girls, and Arthur had no desire to leave New York, and continued to work in the family's glass business
== Death ==Getty died in the early morning hours of July 22, 2008, aged 84, at her home in Los Angeles, the result of Lewy Body Dementia, according to her family

