Do you care?

That’s the big question Globe faces this week.

While we’ve seen that Globe consistently features stories for the senior citizen set, I’m not so sure this one  will fly off newsstands this week.

President Bush’s approval ratings are at an all-time low and I’m not sure many would want to be seen with a cover of George Bush in their shopping cart.  (I admit I’m bias on this one and can’t stand Bush.  There, I said it.)

Continuing to appeal to senior citizens, and possibly introduce Elvis to new fans, is a promising photo spread of the King when he was only 21.

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This Friday, noon to 5 p.m., Lifetime will air 10 episodes showcasing “Sophia” and all her sarcastic remarks starting with the show’s pilot.

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In honor of Estelle Getty’s role as Sophia on Golden Girls, VH1’s Best Week Ever compiled her greatest quotes here.

Above: Estelle Getty (as Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock), Rue McClanahan (as Blanche Elizabeth Hollingsworth Devereaux), Betty White (as Rose Lindstrom Nylund) and Beatrice Arthur (as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak)

Bea Arthur said, “Our mother-daughter relationship was one of the greatest comic duos ever, and I will miss her.”

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Photo from EstelleGetty.com

Very sad news.

Surrounded by her family and caregivers, actress Estelle Getty — known for her role as the wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo on the Golden Girls — died Tuesday morning at her Los Angeles home.

She was 84 and was to turn 85 on Friday, reports Us Weekly.

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