The world is a little less golden. Bea Arthur, who portrayed Dorothy on “Golden Girls,” died peacefully at her Los Angeles home at the age of 86 with her family at her side. She had cancer.

“She was a brilliant and witty woman,” said family spokesman Dan Watt, who was Arthur’s personal assistant for six years. “Bea will always have a special place in my heart.”

Arthur had a ground-breaking career, appearing on “All in the Family” as Edith Bunker’s loud, liberal cousin, Maude Finley, then heading to her own spin-off, “Maude,” at the age of 50.

She was part of “Golden Girls,” another groundbreaking comedy centered around three retirees, Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan, and the mother of Arthur’s character, Estelle Getty, who lived together in a Miami apartment.

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