She called herself “a cockeyed optimist,” and Betty White never stopped being one right up until her death on Dec. 31, less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. The star, a winner of five Primetime Emmys, said that her mother taught her to view dying as “the one secret that we don’t know. Whenever we would lose somebody...she would always say, ‘Well, now he knows the secret,’” said Bet ty. “I’ll be very interested in knowing the secret.” In recent years, she felt “blessed” by her longevity but also looked forward to reuniting with her husband, Password host Allen Ludden, who predeceased her. “Betty’s as sistant…was with her when she passed,” reveals actress Vicki Lawrence. “She said the very last word out of her mouth was ‘Allen.’”…
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Closer Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 24, 2022