# RIP Betty White **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [December 31, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000 "2021-12-31T19:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/1 "2021-12-31T19:22:50Z")
About two weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She will be missed, but she had one helluva run. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/2 "2021-12-31T19:25:09Z")
Just saw the flash on Dataminr. Well if 2021 didn’t suck enough, one more kick eh? ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/3 "2021-12-31T19:26:02Z")
The sourcing on this is pretty weak so far. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/4 "2021-12-31T19:27:02Z")
It’s on TMZ, which is trashy, but usually reliable on these things. I imagine that, if confirmed, it’ll show up on the major news sources very shortly. > **[Betty White Dead at 99](https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/31/betty-white-dead-dies-golden-girls/)** > > Betty White, beloved ‘Golden Girls’ actress, comedian and American icon is dead at the age of 99. Betty passed away just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/5 "2021-12-31T19:28:20Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s on TMZ, which is trashy, but usually reliable on these things. Yeah, they’re not going to be inaccurate on something like this. RIP Betty White. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/6 "2021-12-31T19:29:11Z")
First Madden. Now her. My heart is sad for the loss of two genuinely good people who I never met, but who were lights in my life. I know her memory will be a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/7 "2021-12-31T19:31:03Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > The sourcing on this is pretty weak so far. That’s what I thought, but confirmations are now appearing (TMZ, Yahoo, CBS). mmm ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/8 "2021-12-31T19:31:08Z")
She was already in the news because she was giving interviews on turning 100 in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/9 "2021-12-31T19:32:47Z")
Like it says in the OP, she had a hell of a run. When the Golden Girls ended production in 1992 I don’t think anyone could have imagined Betty White would be more popular than ever nearly 30 years later. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/10 "2021-12-31T19:34:11Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > First Madden. Now her. And Desmond Tutu. They say celebrity deaths come in threes. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/11 "2021-12-31T19:37:26Z")
Yes I find them trashy for subject matter: celebrity chasing. They do have a good track record of breaking big stories. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/12 "2021-12-31T19:37:34Z")
Her tips on how to live a long and happy life: > **[Betty White is 99: Her top tips for living a long and healthy life](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/01/14/betty-white-turns-99-best-advice-living-long-happy-life/4158051001/)** > > Betty White turns 99 on Sunday, and it has fans wondering – what's her secret to a long, healthy life? Here are her best quotes about life. TL;DR: vodka and hotdogs. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/13 "2021-12-31T19:38:49Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > > [@Moriarty](#): > > > > First Madden. Now her. > > And Desmond Tutu. They say celebrity deaths come in threes. Sure they do, if you divide them up that way. I personally think they come in nines. RIP Betty. Nobody ever aged as gracefully as you. mmm ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/14 "2021-12-31T19:41:13Z")
Wow, what a shame. But it is fitting ending for 2021. A Shitty ending to a shitty year. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/15 "2021-12-31T19:42:21Z")
You can almost hear her thinking, “Screw this. I’m outta here!” RIP, wonderful funny lady. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/16 "2021-12-31T19:44:08Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > RIP Betty. Nobody ever aged as gracefully as you. Olivia de Havilland would like a word. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/17 "2021-12-31T19:46:45Z")
I’m going to miss her muffin. > **[Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: NPR - NBC.com](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/npr/2751322)** > > Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'NPR' on NBC.com ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/18 "2021-12-31T19:48:23Z")
RIP Betty. The people of St. Olaf sure knew how to take care of their old people. They revered them. Honored them. Put them on a pedestal. 'Course that’s how they got to be the broken hip capital of the Midwest… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/19 "2021-12-31T19:53:09Z")
It’s hitting multiple news sources now, including People and the WaPo. RIP Betty. Allen is waiting for you. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000/20 "2021-12-31T19:53:56Z")
Reuters: > **[Betty White, working actress into her 90s, dies just shy of her 100th birthday](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/betty-white-working-actress-into-her-90s-dies-just-shy-her-100th-birthday-2021-12-31/)** > > Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America's geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," died on Friday, less than three weeks... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000.md?page=2)