A mentation of this communicative antecedently published earlier White's decease connected Friday. It has since been updated to bespeak quality of her passing.
(CNN)Betty White was weeks distant from her 100th day and planned a large celebration.
White, who died Friday, would person turned 100 connected Jan. 17. A movie lawsuit was planned to people the juncture called "Betty White: 100 Years Young -- A Birthday Celebration."
The movie, made by Steve Boettcher and Mike Trinklein, follows White successful her day-to-day life, including behind-the-scenes connected sets, moving with her bureau staff, entertaining astatine home, and ending her dependable arsenic an carnal advocate. It was acceptable to surface astatine 900 theaters nationwide done Fathom Events, past amusement unrecorded footage of her existent day party.
A star-studded formed of friends including Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Lin Manuel- Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendy Malick, and others were scheduled to participate.
It is not yet wide if the screenings volition inactive instrumentality spot successful airy of White's passing.
The movie highlights immoderate of her iconic roles, including Rose connected "Golden Girls," her hosting gig connected "Saturday Night Live," her Super Bowl/Snickers commercial, and her relation arsenic Sue Ann connected "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
The movie volition besides grant White's relation arsenic the archetypal pistillate to nutrient a nationalist TV show, and the archetypal pistillate to person an Emmy nomination.
"Who doesn't emotion a party?!? This 1 is gonna beryllium GREAT!" White said successful a connection to CNN past week.
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