Hollywood stars remember Betty White
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Celebrities from across the entertainment spectrum paid tribute to Betty White on social media following the news of the star’s death on Friday. She was 99 and would have turned 100 on Jan. 17, 2022.
Messages of condolences and thanks, as well as personal anecdotes, from those in the entertainment industry flooded social media shortly after news of the 99-year-old's death broke on Friday.
It was just this past Thursday when White and Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds made headlines following playful banter jokingly alluding to a past romance between the two stars.
"The world looks different now," Reynolds tweeted on Friday. "She was great at defying expectation. She managed to grow very old and somehow, not old enough. We'll miss you, Betty."
White was also seen as an advocate for civil rights. The Martin Luther King Jr. Center shared a story about how she was criticized after featuring Arthur Duncan, a Black tap dancer, on one of her shows in 1954.