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In Season 2 Episode 12, Sophia is having a birthday and Dorothy is planning a huge surprise--she's flying her mother's sister, Angela, in from Sicily. Shenanigans ensue when it turns out SOPHIA AND ANGELA HATE EACH OTHER. Get ready, Cheesecakes, for the great Nancy Walker!!

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Sources:

• NANCY WALKER, 69, OF 'RHODA' AND TV COMMERCIALS, IS DEAD -  NEW YORK TIMES - MAR 27, 1992

• FEISTY NANCY WALKER LOSES LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER - UPI - MAR 25, 1992 

• WALKER, NANCY (1922–1992) - ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM

• CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC - WIKIPEDIA

• ‘WE'RE NOT MAKING A GIMMICK MOVIE’ -  NEW YORK TIMES - SEP 2, 1979 

• CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC 1980 - LECINEMADREAMS.COM - NOV 4, 2013

• WHY…‘CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC,’ STILL MATTERS 40 YEARS LATER - XTRA MAGAZINE - JUN 19, 2020

• BRONTE WOODARD - DISCOGS

• BRONTÉ WOODARD - WIKIPEDIA

• HOW ARETHA FRANKLIN BECAME FIRST WOMAN… ROCK HALL - ULTIMATECLASSICROCK.COM - JAN 3, 2017 

• ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTS FIRST WOMAN - HISTORY.COM - NOV 16, 2009 

• ARETHA FRANKLIN BECOMES FIRST WOMAN…  - AMERICAN SONGWRITER - JAN 3, 2023 

• HOW THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IS TRYING TO EVOLVE -  NEW YORK TIMES - NOV 1, 2023

• BETTY WHITE… ARETHA FRANKLIN WITH A PHEASANT FOR HER 71ST BIRTHDAY - BUSINESS WIRE - MAR 21, 2013

• THE LIFELONG FEUD BETWEEN SISTERS OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND AND JOAN FONTAINE - BIOGRAPHY - JUL 27, 2020 

• JOAN FONTAINE - WIKIPEDIA

•  INSIDE OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND'S UGLY LIFELONG FEUD WITH SISTER JOAN FONTAINE - NY POST - JUL 27, 2020

• OASIS REUNION: THE NOEL AND LIAM GALLAGHER FEUD, EXPLAINED - BIOGRAPHY - SEP 30, 2024 

• NOEL AND LIAM GALLAGHER'S 15-YEAR-LONG FEUD - THE STANDARD UK - AUG 27, 2024

• MONTY HALL, CO-CREATOR AND HOST OF ‘LET’S MAKE A DEAL,’ DIES AT 96 -  NEW YORK TIMES - SEP 30, 2017

• FAMED WINNIPEGGER MONTY HALL DEAD AT 96 | CBC NEWS - SEP 30, 2017

• MONTY HALL… HOST OF POPULAR GAME SHOW 'LET'S MAKE A DEAL…- LOS ANGELES TIMES - SEP 30, 2017 

• MONTY HALL ON CREATING "LET'S MAKE A DEAL" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

• MONTY HALL, ‘LET’S MAKE A DEAL’ HOST, DIES AT 96 - CNN - SEP 30, 2017

• EPISODE 1450 - JOANNA GLEASON - WTF WITH MARC MARON PODCAST 

• THE MONTY HALL PROBLEM: A STATISTICAL ILLUSION - STATISTICSBYJIM.COM

• THIS IS THE BIGGEST BABY EVER BORN, BESIDES YOU, OF COURSE - CRACKED.COM - AUG 28, 2024

• HEAVIEST BIRTH - GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS

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• HIS WAY: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF FRANK SINATRA - KITTY KELLY - 2010 

• PASSING ON BATON-TWIRLING HISTORY - LOVELAND REPORTER-HERALD - AUG 2, 2016

• HISTORY - BATON TWIRLING SPORT ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND 

• WHAT IS TWIRLING? - USTWIRLING.COM

• BATON TWIRLERS COMPETE THIS WEEKEND AT JACKSONVILLE ARENA - JACKSONVILLE.COM - AUG 5, 2011