Betty White’s assistant celebrates her 100th birthday
Los Angeles, Jan 18 : Late actress Betty White’s assistant celebrated what would’ve been her 100th birthday with a picture looking back to one of her final days last month.
Kiersten Mikelas shared a photo of White — who died on Dec. 31 at the age of 99 — looking “radiant” in a bright green outfit.
The photo showed the Golden Girls alum seated on a floral loveseat, smiling with her hands folded on her lap.
“Hello Everyone! It’s Kiersten. Betty’s Assistant,” she wrote on the star’s official Facebook page. “On this special day, I wanted to share this photo of Betty. It was taken on 12/20/21. I believe it’s one of the last photos of her.”
According to the usmagazine.com, the assistant of the “Golden Girls” said that she recalled White being “radiant and beautiful and happy as ever,” during her final photo shoot. In the snap, the “Proposal” actress smiled while sitting on a flower-printed chair with a full face of makeup.
“Thanks to all of you who are doing kind things today and every day to make the world a better place ,” she concluded.
The actress- comedian died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 99 just a few days short of her 100th birthday.
The Hollywood icon suffered a stroke several days prior to her death on December 31. Her cause of death was originally reported as natural causes though it was later identified as a cerebrovascular accident, which can cause tissues damage due to losing blood flow to the brain, as the reason for her passing.
“Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” her agent and close friend, Jeff Witjas, said in a statement to E! News last month.
“I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”
Less than two weeks prior to her death, White filmed an interview for the ‘Betty White: A Celebration’ tribute movie, which was set to air on her milestone birthday. The photo her assistant posted on Monday is from the same day.
While the Betty White Show star is no longer here to celebrate her birthday, her fans will still be able to honour her on the occasion thanks to the ‘Betty White: A Celebration’ film. The movie has become a one-night-only occasion, premiering nationwide across more than 1,500 theaters in the US on Monday.(UNI)