Betty White, acclaimed actress, comedian and television pioneer, has died. What was her cause of death?<\/b>
\nGetty\t Betty White on May 10, 2012 in North Hollywood, California. Legendary actress, comedian and a television pioneer Betty White died December 31,2021. The acclaimed actress was best known for her longtime roles on \u201c The Mary Tyler Moore Show \u201d and \u201c The Golden Girls \u201d and won several awards for her work and contributions to the entertainment industry, including eight Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three American Comedy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. TMZ reported that White died on the last day of 2021 at the age of 99. She was just shy of her 100th birthday on January 17, 2022. According to the outlet, law enforcement shared that the television pioneer died at her home on Friday morning. What was the actress and comedian\u2019s cause of death? According to TMZ, someone close to White said she didn\u2019t have a sudden illness and her cause of death at this time is believed to be natural. Police and paramedics arrived at White\u2019s home as standard procedure, the outlet wrote. White was born Betty Marion White on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois, according to Biography.com. Soon after she was born, her family moved to California and she grew up in Los Angeles, finding her passion for performing in junior high school, Huffington Post wrote in 2013. She began her professional acting career in 1939, a few months after high school, according to the outlet. After World War II, she began her own TV series, Life With Elizabeth, of which she said, \u201cI was one of the first women producers in Hollywood,\u201d according to Biography.com. She frequently appeared on game shows and talk shows during the 1950s and 1960s. She was propelled to stardom with her award-winning role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, nabbing two Emmy Awards. She also appeared on Golden Girls in the 1980s, for which she received another Emmy. She continued appearing on various TV series and in movies, and had a career boost in 2010 when she hosted Saturday Night Live and got a recurring role on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland. Outside of her acting career, White has often spoken about her passion for animals. As ABC News reported in 2010, White\u2019s passion as a girl was to work as a forest ranger, and she only went into acting because \u201cgirls were not allowed to become forest rangers\u201d at the time. Instead, she dedicated much of her personal life to supporting animal charities and initiatives. During her life, White was married three times, as Closer Weekly writes. She was first married to a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot, Dick Barker, for five months in 1945. Two years later, she married Lane Allen, a Hollywood agent. Their marriage only lasted two years, from 1947 to 1949. Both of her marriages ended because her husband wanted White to settle down and start a family, but she was too focused on her career. Her first husband, Barker, was an Ohio chicken farmer and the two met while White was working with the American Women\u2019s Voluntary Service, The List reported. It was a similar story with her second husband. In an interview with Closer Weekly a few years ago, White said, \u201cI wish I didn\u2019t have two bad marriages. They were probably my fault. I just didn\u2019t marry the right men\u2026 I had lovely relationships, but not anything in the league of Allen [Ludden].\u201d Ludden was her third husband, a television personality, actor and host of the game show Password, where the couple met. The two struck up a friendship and Ludden proposed twice before White finally accepted, Country Living wrote. The two were married on June 14, 1963, and were together until he died in 1981 from stomach cancer. When asked if she would ever remarry for a fourth time, White told Larry King, \u201cOnce you\u2019ve had the best, who needs the rest?\u201d READ NEXT: Larry Kramer\u2019s Cause of Death: How Did He Die?<\/p>\n