Betty White’s agent denies that her death was caused by false COVID booster rumours
Washington: Destroying falsehoods In response to COVID-19 booster shot rumours, legendary actor Betty White’s agent recently revealed that the actor died peacefully in her sleep at her home of natural causes. White died on Friday at the age of 99, just two weeks before her centennial year.
Following her death, several reports surfaced on the internet claiming that the Emmy winner died as a result of complications caused by the COVID-19 booster shot she received days before her death. Meanwhile, White’s agent, Jeff Witjas, who was also a close friend of the actor, recently slammed the reports. “Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her home,” Witjas told People magazine.
Witjas also refuted a debunked report that White had received a COVID-19 booster shot on December 28. “People are claiming that her death was caused by a booster shot she received three days prior, but this is not true. She died as a result of natural causes. Her death should not be politicised; that was not her life “He told the publication.
Vicki Lawrence, White’s ‘Mama’s Family’ co-star, revealed in a new interview with Page Six that the cultural icon called out late husband Allen Ludden’s name moments before she died. “I texted Carol [Burnett] and said, ‘This sucks.'” This irritates me. ‘It’s just horrible to see people you care about leave,’ Carol wrote back, adding, ‘I know, I know. “I spoke with Betty’s assistant, who was with her when she died, and she said the last word out of her mouth was ‘Allen,'” Lawrence explained.
The Emmy Award-winning actor, who was born in 1922, would have turned 100 this year on January 17th. She passed away on December 31st. She was best known for her portrayal of Rose Nylund in ‘The Golden Girls,’ which aired from 1985 to 1992.
Furthermore, White received five primetime Emmy Awards, including two for ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ one for ‘Golden Girls,’ and one for her appearance on ‘SNL’ in 1975, as well as Screen Actors Guild Awards, American Comedy Awards, and even a 2012 Grammy.
