Dorothy Zbornak (née Petrillo) is a character from the sitcom television series The Golden Girls, portrayed by Bea Arthur. … She, her mother Sophia Petrillo (played by Estelle Getty), and housemate Rose Nylund (Betty White) all rent rooms in the Miami house of their friend Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan).
How did Dorothy’s brother Phil died?
Phil died in 1990 of a heart attack while trying on women’s clothes in a women’s clothing store dressing room. He was 55. At the funeral, Phil’s lifeless body was wearing a black nightie, and Dorothy said that he looked like he died in a Benny Hill sketch.