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According to Betty White’s personal assistant, the very last word out of her mouth was “Allen,” who was the love of her life.
Actress Vicki Lawrence confirmed this information during an interview with the New York Post.
White, who died at the age of 99, married Allen Ludden in 1963.
Ludden was one of TV’s most famous game show hosts. He later died of stomach cancer in 1981 at the age of 63.
In 2012, during an interview with CNN, White said, “Thank goodness we got married when we did.”
“Then I thought, ‘Am I going to live the rest of my life without this man?’” White asked herself.
“I had the love of my life,” she continued. “If you’ve had the best, who needs the rest?” White confirmed that she never married again because she already had the best in Ludden.
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Actress Vicki Lawrence related to the New York Post’s Page Six what she said she was told by actress and friend Carol Burnett about White’s final moments.
“I texted Carol and said, ‘This just sucks. I hate this. It’s just horrible to see the people you love so much go away,’” Lawrence, 72, said.
“Carol wrote back and said, ‘I know, I know. I spoke to Betty’s assistant, who was with her when she passed, and she said the very last word out of her mouth was ‘Allen.’”
Lawrence said the tidbit Burnett shared was a light in the darkness that came when she heard of White’s passing.
“How sweet is that? I said, ‘That is so sweet. God, I hope that’s true. For all of us, I really hope it’s true, a lovely thought,’” Lawrence told Page Six.
She said White made every production a joy.
“Well, you didn’t really work with her — you just had a good time. Carol called it ‘playing in the sandbox,’ and I think that’s exactly what it was,” Lawrence said.
“Betty was just the perfect playmate. And I have to say this, she was incredibly professional. I don’t remember her ever not being prepared or ever messing up her lines.”
