Betty met Allen Ludden in 1961. And they married two years later. He died in 1981 and she never remarried.
White was an ever-popular comedian. And was celebrated for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” and Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls.” Her most recent roles were playing Elka Ostrovsky in “Hot in Cleveland” and as the host of “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.”
In 2010 a Facebook campaign “Betty White to Host SNL,” prompted White to become the oldest host of “Saturday Night Live.”
In 1995 White was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. She also has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Memorial flowers were set on her star.
Tributes and 100-year celebration
Betty White was a lifelong advocate for gay rights and animals.
“I don’t care who anybody sleeps with,” she was quoted in 2010.
“If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it’s fine if they want to get married. I don’t know how people can get so anti-something.”
