{"id":41272,"date":"2021-12-31T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T21:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41272"},"modified":"2021-12-31T13:35:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T21:35:39","slug":"betty-white-no-more-legendary-performer-dead-at-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41272","title":{"rendered":"Betty White No More, Legendary Performer Dead at 99"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cEverybody needs a passion. That\u2019s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go though life without leaving any footprints.\u201d<\/em><\/p>– Betty White \u2014From her book, If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won\u2019t)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The entertainment world is filled with sorrow at the loss of one of it’s brightest and feistiest stars. Betty White<\/strong> passed away on December 31, 2021, at the age of 99, 17 days before her 100th birthday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news broke in the morning hours, first reported by TMZ<\/strong>, with official confirmation from her longtime agent and friend Jeff Witjas<\/strong> to Deadline<\/a>, People<\/strong><\/a> and The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement is as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever. I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don\u2019t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Betty White and her fellow ‘Golden Girls’<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While Betty had been performing since her first appearance on the radio show Empire Builders<\/em><\/strong> in December 1930, her most enduring and beloved role was that of Rose Nylund<\/strong> on the hit TV show The Golden Girls<\/strong><\/em>. From 1985 to 1992, Betty, alongside co-stars Bea Arthur<\/strong>, Rue McClanahan<\/strong> and Estelle Getty<\/strong> regularly made audiences laugh at their various antics living together as housemates in Miami. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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from left: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As Betty continued to be a mainstay of Hollywood throughout her career, she shared the big and small screens with a variety of noteworthy names. One of the most famous pairings in recent years was her on camera hijinks with Ryan Reynolds<\/strong> and Sandra Bullock<\/strong> in the 2009 romantic comedy The Proposal<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the announcement of her passing, numerous celebrities took to social media to post messages about Betty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Y\u2019all, with the passing of #BettyWhite<\/a> we have lost one of the best humans ever!<\/p>— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) December 31, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>