Actress Betty White, TV's Golden Girl, dies at 99

Actress Betty White poses for a portrait following her appearance on the television talk show 'In the House' in 2009. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99.– Photo: AP

Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, starring on popular sitcoms The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died, US media reported Friday. She was 99.

The pioneering Emmy-winning comedienne enjoyed one of the longest careers in showbiz history: she began regularly appearing on television in 1949 and had a voice role in Toy Story 4 in 2019.