Betty White was three weeks shy of her 100th birthday when she died on Friday, 31 December.
Betty White was three weeks shy of her 100th birthday when she died on Friday,31 December. Producers of a film on the veteran actor’s life, Betty White: 100 Years Young – A Birthday Celebration, said it would still be released in the US as planned on her birthday on 17 January, Entertainment Tonight reports. An SA TV release date has not yet been set. Ahead of her birthday, The Golden Girl s star said: “[I’m] amazed. No, seriously, I’m the luckiest broad on two feet to be as healthy as I am and to feel as good as I do!” In a press release ahead of the film’s release, she added: “Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be GREAT!” Special guests Tina Fey, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendy Malick, Ryan Reynolds and more will all appear in the special.
