{"id":4439,"date":"2022-01-04T15:21:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2022-01-04T15:23:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:23:16","slug":"actress-and-comedian-betty-white-dies-at-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=4439","title":{"rendered":"ACTRESS AND COMEDIAN BETTY WHITE DIES AT 99"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Words: Alastair James; pictures: Instagram\/@bettymwhite and YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actress and comedian, Betty White, has died at the age of 99, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known for iconic roles such as Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls<\/em> and Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/em>, White was referred to as ‘The First Lady of Television’ and had a television career spanning nine decades, which earned her a Guinness World Record in 2018 for working in the industry longer than anyone else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipient of multiple other awards for her work, White passed away just weeks before her 100th birthday, which would have been on 17 January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I thought she would live forever”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

News of White’s death was confirmed to Variety<\/a> by White’s agent and friend, Jeff Witjas, on Friday (31 December)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witjas said: “Even 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.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also confirmed White’s death was not Covid-related. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Illinois-born actress was born in 1922 and started her career at eight years old working in radio. As a young adult, she made her way into television, although her career was briefly paused during the Second World War as she volunteered with the American Women’s Voluntary Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing after the war, White eventually received her first Emmy nomination in 1951 – the first time the Emmys had a category for women on television. She made her feature film debut in 1962’s Advise & Consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognized as one of the first women in television to take control and produce as well as act, White produced the TV sitcom Life with Elizabeth <\/em>in 1953. The BBC<\/a> reports White saying of her collaboration on the show with George Tibbles, “He wrote and I produced”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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