“Golden Girls” star Rue McClanahan’s son Mark Bish flew from Austin, Texas to be with his mother and he was the one who had to make the difficult decision to turn off life support, according to the actress’ sixth husband Morrow Wilson. Rue and Morrow separated last year after 12 years of marriage.

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“But in truth, there really was no choice,” Morrow tells Life & Style. “She died at 1:05 a.m. today. She had a living will saying if she were brain dead, they should pull the plug, but the hospital waited for her son Mark to fly in and make the final decision.”

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The 76 year-old, who played Blanche Devereaux, had been suffering from several health issues since last November, when she found out she needed triple-bypass heart surgery before a minor knee operation.

A week after the surgery, she suffered a stroke. “The people in her life now say it was minor, but that stroke was massive,” Morrow adds. “But she got out of the hospital and went home. She was having around-the-clock nursing care, with speech therapy and occupational therapy. We all thought she was on the road to a full recovery.”

Rue apparently suffered a massive brain aneurysm in her NYC apartment and was immediately rushed to the New York Presbyterian Hospital on Monday (May 31). Morrow also revealed that Rue specifically said she did not want a funeral service.

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R.I.P. Rue McClanahan.

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