{"id":31316,"date":"2021-12-31T15:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=31316"},"modified":"2022-01-07T19:14:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:14:49","slug":"betty-white-dies-legendary-golden-girls-star-and-multiple-emmy-award-winner-was-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/31\/betty-white-dies-legendary-golden-girls-star-and-multiple-emmy-award-winner-was-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty White Dies: Legendary &#8220;Golden Girls\u2019 Star and Multiple Emmy Award Winner Was 99"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31318\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-blue-and-pink.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-blue-and-pink.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-blue-and-pink-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-blue-and-pink-120x86.webp 120w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-blue-and-pink-350x250.webp 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Betty White peacefully passed away at her home just before 9:30 AM Friday at her home, her agent Jeff Witjas, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,\u201d Witjas said in a statement. \u201cI 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<\/p><div id=\"morty-1514757856\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31319\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy.webp 1200w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy-300x240.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy-1024x819.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy-768x614.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy-750x600.webp 750w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-emmy-1140x912.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>Betty won five Primetime Emmy Awards including two for &#8216;<em>Mary Tyler Moore<\/em>,&#8217; one for &#8220;<em>Golden Girls<\/em>&#8221; and one for her 1975 &#8216;<em>SNL<\/em>&#8216; appearance; along with Screen Actors Guild Awards, American Comedy Awards, and even a 2012 Grammy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31320\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-as-sue-ann-nivens-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31320\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-as-sue-ann-nivens-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-as-sue-ann-nivens-2.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-as-sue-ann-nivens-2-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens on &#8220;Mary Tyler Moore&#8221; (1973)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She&#8217;s been nominated for several Golden Globes and has also been honored with lots of Lifetime Achievement Awards and celebrations through several organizations. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995, the same year she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017 after 70 years, White was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At age 95, this made her the oldest new member at the time.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31321 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw.webp 1069w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw-234x300.webp 234w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw-798x1024.webp 798w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw-768x986.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-bw-750x963.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Although White is most notably known for playing sweet and naive Rose in <em>The Golden Girls<\/em> from 1985-1992, her career began more than four decades prior in her adopted home of Los Angeles. With 115 acting credits to her name, Betty had roles in productions like &#8220;<em>Life with Elizabeth<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Date with the Angels<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Love Boat<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Mama&#8217;s Family<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Golden Palace<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Ladies Man<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>That &#8217;70s Show<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Higglytown Heroes<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Boston Legal<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Bold and the Beautiful<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Pound Puppies<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Hot in Cleveland<\/em>,&#8221; and many, many, many other shows and films.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2038700788\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The road to becoming a star would be paved with challenges for Betty Marion White Ludden, the only child of Christine Tess White and Horace Logan White, born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1922.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31322\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31322\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve.webp 1063w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve-199x300.webp 199w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve-680x1024.webp 680w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve-768x1156.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve-1020x1536.webp 1020w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-mtm-hot-in-cleve-750x1129.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty White gets locked up with her old pal Mary Tyler Moore on &#8220;Hot in Cleveland&#8221; (2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>White was eight years old when she made her radio programming debut in 1930. Several years later in young adulthood she began working as a radio personality in Los Angeles under the guidance of disc jockey Al Jarvis. After making the transition to television, White became a staple panelist of American game shows, including <em>Password<\/em>, <em>Match Game<\/em>, <em>Tattletales<\/em>, <em>To Tell the Truth<\/em>, <em>The Hollywood Squares<\/em>, and <em>The $25,000 Pyramid<\/em>; dubbed &#8220;the first lady of game shows&#8221;, White became the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for the show Just Men! in 1983. She is also known for her appearances on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful<\/em>, <em>Boston Legal<\/em>, <em>The Carol Burnett Show<\/em>, and <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On June 14, 1963, White married television host and personality Allen Ludden, whom she had met on his game show <em>Password<\/em> as a celebrity guest in 1961, and her legal name was changed to Betty White Ludden. He proposed to White at least twice before she accepted. The couple appeared together in an episode of <em>The Odd Couple<\/em> featuring Felix&#8217;s and Oscar&#8217;s appearance on<em> Password<\/em>. Ludden appeared as a guest panelist on <em>Match Game<\/em>, with White sitting in the audience. (She was prompted to criticize one of Ludden&#8217;s wrong answers on camera during an episode of <em>Match Game<\/em> &#8217;74.) The two appeared together on the <em>Match Game<\/em> panel in 1974, 1975, and 1980.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31323\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/white-white-mamas-family.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/white-white-mamas-family.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/white-white-mamas-family.webp 709w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/white-white-mamas-family-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/white-white-mamas-family-120x86.webp 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty White guest stars as Ellen Harper Jackson on &#8220;Mama&#8217;s Family&#8221; (1984)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allen Ludden died from stomach cancer on June 9, 1981, in Los Angeles. While they had no children together, she was a stepmother to three of his children from his first marriage to Margaret McGloin Ludden, who died of cancer in 1961. White decided not to remarry since Ludden&#8217;s death. In an interview with Larry King, when asked whether she would remarry, she replied by saying &#8220;Once you&#8217;ve had the best, who needs the rest?&#8221; When asked by James Lipton on Inside The Actor&#8217;s Studio that should Heaven exist, what would she like God to say to her when she walked through the Pearly gates, White replied: &#8220;Hello Betty. Here&#8217;s Allen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-4.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31324\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-4.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-4.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-4-213x300.webp 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>With a television career spanning over nine decades, White worked longer in that medium than anyone else in the television industry, earning her a Guinness World Record in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, White told Parade magazine her recipe for a long, happy life was vodka and hot dogs, &#8220;probably in that order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31326\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-obama.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-obama.webp 640w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-on-obama-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31401\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-shelter.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-shelter.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-shelter-194x300.webp 194w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/betty-white-shelter-662x1024.webp 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" 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