| Betty White, the beloved and trailblazing Emmy Award-winning actress of The Golden Girls and so much more, has died at the age of 99. "Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," White's agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told Variety in a statement. "I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don't 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." White was getting ready to celebrate her 100th birthday on January 17, 2022, and she recently spoke to People about how she was feeling as she approached that milestone. "I'm so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age," White said. "It's amazing." White also discussed more about her life and how her "upbeat nature" was due to the fact that she was "born a cockeyed optimist." "I got it from my mom, and that never changed," White said. "I always find the positive." As for her diet, which is always on the top of people's minds as they plan out their New Year's resolutions, she laughed and said, "I try to avoid anything green. I think it's working." White was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Ilinois, and was the only child of Christine Tess and Horace Logan White. She and her family moved to California when she was one and she went to school at the Beverly Hills Unified School District until she graduated in 1939. White, alongside her acting, is known for her love of animals and nature, and that passion of hers began during family vacations to the Sierra Nevada. She had initially dreamed of becoming a park ranger, but women were not allowed to have that position at the time. Instead, she began a career in writing and then acting. Her first performance was part of the Bliss Hayden Little Theater and she also had a few radio appearances on such shows as Blondie, This Is Your FBI, and The Great Gildersleeve. In 1945, she made her on-screen debut in the 1945 educational short "Time to Kill," which was created to promote the benefits of the G.I. Bill. In 1953, White secured he first sitcom job with Life With Elizabeth, and would continue on with other projects, including the daytime talkshow The Betty White Show, A Date With Angels, and a series of gameshows like To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, Match Game, and Password. Speaking of Password, Developing... | 
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