Iconic Actress, Comedian Betty White Dead At 99

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Iconic histrion and comedian Betty White died Friday. She was 99.

“The Golden Girls” histrion had the longest-running vocation successful tv past arsenic a woman, having starred successful shows since 1939.

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Betty White told CBS News she spent her 99th day successful January with 2 peculiar feathered friends.

“What americium I doing for my birthday?” White asked astatine the time. “Running a mile each greeting has been curtailed by COVID, truthful I americium moving connected getting ‘The Pet Set’ rereleased, and feeding the 2 ducks who travel to sojourn maine each day.”

“Betty White’s Pet Set” was a play amusement she created and hosted successful 1971, which is making its debut connected integer platforms and DVD, connected February 23 to observe its 50th anniversary, a December property release from MPI Media Group said.

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The programme spotlighted, “her lifelong devotion to animals, and the radical who emotion them,” according to the release.

White invited her chap celebrated friends with their dogs, cats, birds and adjacent horses connected the program. The amusement besides featured appearances from chaotic animals, including bears, elephants, eagles and more, according to the release. Icons including Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, Doris Day, Rod Serling and others appeared connected the syndicated show.

The half-hour occurrence bid was enforcement produced by her precocious husband, Allen Ludden.

She was calved successful Oak Park, IL successful 1922 and went to Beverly Hills High School.

White played clueless Rose Nylund connected the deed amusement “The Golden Girls” from 1985-1992.

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She was praised for her relation arsenic the lustful Sue Ann Nivens connected “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

CBSLA Staff