Saying goodbye to America’s sweetheart, Betty White: January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021
(Betty White during “The Golden Girls” Era, Image credit: Legacy.com)
Beloved actress Betty White who got her start in radio, and whose star began to rise during the Golden Age of Television in the 1950s, and who went on to star in TV’s “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls,” passed away at her Los Angeles home on December 31, 2021 – only a few weeks before her highly anticipated 100th birthday.
She made the move to television, co-hosting the variety show “Hollywood on Television,” after serving in the American Women’s Voluntary Services during World War II.
In preparation for her 100th birthday, which would have been January 17, 2022, Betty recently told People that, “I’m so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age … It’s amazing.” As for her diet, White joked: “I try to avoid anything green. I think it’s working.”
… it never stopped for Betty White. There was the Snickers commercial. The “SNL” appearance. Another series, “Hot in Cleveland,” and appearances on “Community,” “Save Me” (as God) and even “WWF Raw.” She had a Twitter account with more than a million followers.
She never took any of it for granted, remaining the same down-to-earth, slightly impish, engaging woman the public first saw many decades before.
“I am the luckiest old broad on two feet,” she told CNN in 2017. “I’m still able to get a job, at this age. But I will go to my grave saying ‘Can I come in and read for that tomorrow?'” ~ CNN
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Rest in Peace Betty White
(Source: Legacy.com / Full obituary: The Washington Post)
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