Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a tv mainstay for much than 60 years, has died. She was 99.

People and the Washington Post reported White’s death.

Her witty benignant gave beingness to a roster of quirky characters implicit much than a half-century. They included the oddball Rose Nylund successful “The Golden Girls” and the outspoken caretaker connected “Hot In Cleveland.”

She besides drew laughs with occasional salty one-liners successful the 2009 drama “The Proposal” and the fearfulness spoof “Lake Placid.” By fashionable demand, she hosted “Saturday Night Live” successful 2011.

White erstwhile said her quality Sue Ann Nivens successful “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” could beryllium “icky-sweet” but was “really a piranha type.” That relation brought her 2 Emmys.

Associated Press writer Lynn Elber contributed to this report.