hate to have to do this, but we have sad breaking news from hollywood. the associated press is recording legendary actress betty white has died at the age of 99. she was the longest running woman on television but there was so much more than television. she began her career on the radio in the 1940s, then tv in the 1950s, starring in more shows than i have fingers on my hands. her most famous, though, "rose" on the golden girls that ran on nbc from 1985 to 1992. then there were the movies, so many movies. just the other day, her proposal co-star ryan reynolds joked he was still holds out for her

ready for betty white to give up her crush on robert redford for him. she was beloved and only weeks away from her 100th birthday. which was on january 17th. so let us take a moment to celebrate the remarkable life and career of betty white. here is nbc's miguel almaguer. >> ladies and gentlemen, betty white. >> reporter: may 8th, 2010, betty white making history at the age of 88 becoming the oldest person to host "saturday night live." this after half a million people on facebook petitioned the show to give her a shot at hosting. >> the campaign to get me to host "saturday night live", i didn't know what facebook was. [ laughter ] >> and now that i do know what it is, i have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.

[ laughter ] >> reporter: betty white born in the chicago suburb in illinois certainly never wasted her time in the 1940s, fresh out of high school, she began working in radio appearing on such shows as nbc's "the great gildersleeve". >> merry christmas. >> i didn't go to college. i just went into show business. in 1952 she co-hosted her show "life with elizabeth". >> what's so terrible about spiders. >> tell him, honey. >> they go boing. >> reporter: in 1958 on "the betty white show" she revealed another talent, singing. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but she is best known for two signature tv roles, sue ann, the happy moment

maker on "the mary tyler moore show". ♪ ♪ and rose on "the golden girls". >> when i was growing up in minnesota the doctors made house calls all the time for us and the livestock. >> you and the animals had the same doctor? >> sure, worked out fine. until the doctor started drinking hog water and tried to neuter the bothers. >> reporter: twice divorced she finally found the love of her life in the game show host allen. >> the password tonight is. >> home. will you take me home, please. >> i certainly will. thank you, good night. >> reporter: they were husband and wife until his death from cancer in 1981. she never remarried. >> as far as a serious relationship, i just couldn't imagine it, you know, at this point in my life.

there you go. there you go, sweet heart. >> reporter: during her spare time, betty white was a tireless advocate for the human treatment of animals. serving with animal related charities and on the board of the los angeles zoo. >> we're such a throw away society. we treat even our animals like paper towels. take one if it doesn't work out you throw it away. >> reporter: white's own career seemed to have remarkable staying power as a new generation of fans loved her in films like "the proposal". >> let's see if we can find your boobs. they're in there somewhere. like an easter egg hunt. >> reporter: well into her 80s white showed no sign of slowing down with appearances on comedy shows and commercials. >> you're playing like betty wite out there. >> that's not what your girlfriend said. >> reporter: for all of her accomplishments, the scene actors guild presented her with the lifetime achieve the award

in 2010. >> this is the highest point in my entire professional life to the screen actor's gild, to each and every one of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> thank you for being a friend, travel down the road and back again. >> reporter: a life in which betty white garnered countless honors, fans and friends. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> man, 2021 just keeps getting worse. listen to this. her long time friend and agent said even though betty white was about to be 100, i thought she would live forever i told this to ""people magazine."" i will miss her terribly and so will the animal world she loves so much. i don't think betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband alan. she believed she would be with him again. let us hope they are reunited

today. with me now is tv critic for npr. what can you say, eric, about betty white? she was everything. >> yeah, and what was amazing about her was that she was a star in so many eras of television from its earliest beginnings all the way through the game show era, she was known as the first lady of game shows and married one of the best known game show hosts in alan luden and became the queen of the sitcoms and co-starring on "the mary taylor moore show" and having one of the biggest roles on "the golden girls" and later becoming an elder statesman of television or elder stateswoman of television becoming the oldest person to host "saturday night live" after a petition to push the show to bring her on and always being a symbol of grace and good nature and

someone who always seemed to be on the right side of issues. she was an animal rights activist and pressured to drop a black person, a black performer from one of her early shows, she refused even though it angered some tv stations in the south. so this is someone who always seemed to stand for -- on the right side of history and as someone who was a really talented and long lasting tv performer. >> how did she do it? i mean, to have the career that she did in the entertainment industry, which is pretty fickle and super tough and for women wasn't easy for so many decades. how do you not only survive but thrive in it for as long as she did and not only that, for everybody that came into contact with you to love you? >> well, i mean, it seemed to me she had a way of making what she

did look effortless and she did so many things. as you-all pointed out in your obituary for her, she could sing. she was very funny. she could be a game show guest, a great game show guest or cast member and sitcom. you know, she had a wide range of talents but she seemed to do it all sort of effortlessly so you never felt intimidated by her. you felt endeared and entertained by her and that was sort of her secret appeal was that she was so good at everything she did but she did it in such an effortless and such an open hearted way that you enjoy it and you weren't intimidated by it or shadowed by it. >> there was a recent practical joke show called "betty whites off their rockers" that featured senior citizens pranking people young enough to be their

grandkids, which is a hilarious premise. what will happen for that big special planned for her 100th birthday? >> yeah, we don't know what is going to happen. there is a documentary style film that was planned to be shown in theaters across the country on january 17th. 100th birthday, and a tribute to her that's what they did but this news is so fresh that it's hard to know to know what will happen. >> my question is she's on the cover of "people magazine" now and interviews what is her secret to long life and her answer is i've never eaten anything green. this was all just in the past few days. there was also this special. so i wonder, i mean, she was 99, which is obviously, quite old but it does still seem like this came out of where.

>> one thing that was interesting to me about betty white is that as open hearted as she seemed, she also seemed to be very careful about her personal life. so we don't have a lot of information yet on, you know, what her health status was or what she died from, or at least i don't and my sense was that she was ageing, there wasn't a lot of information out there about how she was doing or what sort of health challenges she might have been facing so that is, you know, also something that i think we'll find out more about as the days and weeks sort of progress and we'll find out more about what her situation was in the end of her life. >> eric, stick with us. i'm go to bring in co-creator of "the daily show." there is an interview she did with david letterman for light night where she -- he asked her how she spent her time and she rambled on about animals before

ending it with vodka is kind of a hobby. that's really funny. and that's great timing. >> i mean, katy, she was so brilliant. i was born and raised in minnesota and so to sort of be introduced to betty from being on "the mary tyler moore" show and from st. olive minnesota in the golden girls. people forget the incredible sex positive single woman that is out doing what she needed to do and betty white just rolled with hilariously stereo types around women and shattering that. she was funny and never said no. she was the most relevant human maybe ever and that is just such an accomplishment to be 99 years old and when you look at twitter right now. and i apologize in advance, my phone has been blowing up from

every female comedian saying what are we going to do? carry on her legacy, i guess. she went with it. eric's point was so great. the most loved, beloved people are the people that are so confident in their talent and she had nothing to prove. she was full of joy. and she excelled at everything and so she was -- she just was hilarious whether a comedy central roast where she was hilariously filthy, where she was on "mary tyler moore" being her best self-as a single woman in the '70s to the "golden girls" the portrayal of these women, it doesn't matter who you are. if you work in comedy, you point to betty white and say that's the career i want. help me achieve that. >> the problem is most of us aren't as charming or as, i

don't know, we don't have the same longevity. she was nice without bing saccharin. i have never heard a person in my life, young, old, no matter who they are say a negative thing about betty white. i mean, the news of her passing is blowing up your phone and blowing up my phone and i have no business for this to blow up my phone. twitter is going nuts. people were screaming at me for not reporting it as quickly as other networks. we were trying to get it confirmed. the passing of betty white feels like, liz, just the most horrible fitting ending to a horrible year. >> it is. i have to tell you, i'm doing every year, i do a year in review standup show i'm doing tonight and i was like, mother of god, are you kidding me? i have to hit the stage tonight and open with your beloved

grandmother is dead. in fact, if you didn't like betty white, i think that is the barometer for somebody you should run far, far away from. okay, bye, bye. block. delete. cancel. see ya. >> also a great excuse to go back and start watching "golden girls." a friend of mine showed me a great clip the other day that still has me laughing and thank god you said mother of god. i thought you were going somewhere else with that for a second. >> oh, no, girl, i got you. you don't have to bleep. >> it is live tv. we'll talk about this at length. so please don't go anywhere. we'll sneak in a quick break. everybody stay with us. again, it's very sad news but let us celebrate her life. betty white dead at the age of 99. e age of 99 ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance

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again, still talking about the depressing news that betty white has died at the age of 99. still let us celebrate her life because she gave us so much. so much. the president, in fact, is speaking about the passing of betty white. that is what a big deal she is. nbc mike joins me now. what did president biden have to say? >> yeah, katy, i think the death of betty white i thought i as a white house corespondent would be called to the camera to talk about. one of the first major reactions came from the president of the united states. he and the first lady had lunch just across the street from where we are here in wilmington and he was asked if he had a reaction and he said she -- he said it was a shame. he said she was a classy lady and he of course, quoted his mother and said 99 years old, god love her. the first lady chimed in to say who doesn't love betty white?

so obviously, the impact of her passing being felt here, as well. i should mention, katy, the president did talk about ukraine, his call with president putin yesterday and said as much as we heard from the white house yesterday, he made it clear if he were to invade that he would face a severe economic sanction and also nato retaliation and also talked about the wildfires in colorado, said he is considering going there and has spoken with the governor, as well. a quick conversation with the president in what is a an otherwise quiet week but including the death of betty white. >> let's bring in dean ogeidallah. host of sirus dean ogeidallah show. i was talking about betty white's comedian timing, this are so many female comedians

that said she was their north star. she was the person that they were trying to be. she inspired so many. >> she did and having liz on to talk about that was great. i worked at "snl" not when betty white hosted but great performers and you could see the love came to hosting in 2010 and comedy keeps you young, young in spirit. i was so much younger. 99 remarkable and go watch. 88 years old is a great clip of her, sketch with her and tina fey and betty playing a woman in a house where tina comes and knocks on the door. hilarious. she was 88. i challenge anyone to stay up until 1:00 in the morning, host a tv show from 11:30 p.m. to

1:00 in the morning, if you're 50 or 60. she was 88. when i worked at "snl" the host, it was late night after late night, not just saturday night she had the energy to carry a show and tina and amy poehler were part of her 90th celebration for her birthday and how she inspired them and inspired countless other women from the "golden girls" to mary tyler moore and what i love, when you look back at her life, she was game for anything. liz was saying, you see her on game shows, late night talk shows having things thrown at her. she didn't care. she cared about the laughs. she didn't care about keeping a certain image you wanted. she was there to make people laugh and bring joy to americans. i hope people, that's what they take away, 99 god bless you. >> listen, i'm 38 and i can't stay up until 1:00 on any given night. it might be because i have

screaming children. but we're talking about all that she gave us and she gave us so many comedies, so many shows and radio shows and movies and one-liners and interviews. it's hard to point to one thing when you're talking about betty white. just one of her most memorable lines because there are so many out there but dean, the fact that she gave us or helped give us tina fey and amy poehler, i mean, forever in her debt. >> i think the golden girls had a big influence of people in comedy, a whole generation of people in comedy, not just women but a lot of women inspired them to get into comedy. i heard it firsthand. it was breaking boundaries having women as the stars destroying utterly this trope that somehow women aren't funny which is ridiculous but i think for other -- when you hear tina and amy celebrating her 90th birthday and i went back

watching the clips online before we came on, what she did in touching them and telling them you can do this and achieve this and don't give up on your dreams, there is a finding where tina is celebrating her birthday and really funny was also a little, you know, racy. that's what betty white would do in her comedy and made it perfect with tina's 90th birthday wishes to betty. it's sad. she was going to be 100 in a few weeks but celebrate this remarkable woman that gave us so much and we had the privilege of seeing through generation after generation after generation of laughs that she gave us and joy she brought us and the goodwill that is left behind. >> i have people out there saying what about "hot in cleveland"? mention "hot in cleveland." she was so good in "hot in cleveland". >> absolutely. her co-stars were part of the 90th birthday celebration, as well because of that.

this is what is remarkable. betty white was on tv since tv. she was the first lady of television literally from the beginning, the origin of the media, she was there making people laugh through the 100th anniversary special of her life, which will post date her life sadly but we'll celebrate her and another generation might get to know her. >> just take this for instance, this is in a washington post article. she was approached by nbc in the early 1960s to be the quote new girl on a little program called "today" that was just getting started but she declined because she didn't want to live in new york city and she said they had to make due with barbara walters. that's what she told npr. make due with barbara walters. we'll take another very quick break but please don't go anywhere. everyone is staying with us. again, betty white dead at the age of 99. dead at the age of 99. inner voice (kombucha brewer): i'm dramatically holding this bottle, so the light hits it just right, and people think... wow... ...he knows what he's doing... ...when i'm actually pretty lost with my payroll taxes.

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the 1940s before becoming a pioneer and trail blazing television star starting in the 1950s. betty white became known as the first lady of television starring in dozens of shows as well as being a frequent panelist on game shows. her most famous role being rose on "the golden girls" that aired from 1985 to 1992. in 2010 she was the oldest person to host "snl" at the age of 88 and went on to win eight emmy awards for her work on television but her talents weren't just limited to the small screen. she was a star on the big screen with roles in a number of movies including 2009's "the proposal" and she had love for animals with the los angeles zoo. when president biden learned of her death today, he called her a

lovely lady and incredible person. back with us is co-creator of "the daily show." liz, going through her biography, it's hard to over state what she's accomplished. she was approached to be one of the first hosts of "the today show" back in the '60s. barbara walters got that job instead. she was one of the first women to produce a television show called itself in 1954. a long time ago. she wanted to initially be a forest ranger but women weren't allowed to be a forest ranger back then. they weren't allowed to be actors. she had an emotional speech and said her parents would be more proud of this then any other award i've won, also a today show anchor, a producer of one

of the most female producers of a comedian actress, host and now an honorary forest ranger. that's incredible. >> it's the story of so many women that started their careers early. pioneers, wanted to do something they were prevented from doing and then honored later. you know, i really want to just talk a little bit about friends of mine were texting me when they heard me on and said tell the story of password. i said that's a great story. my group of friends have a great password game, home password game going and we had a massive feud about a clue on password whether or not you can use a proper known. the clue i gave was farrah and the answer i wanted somebody to give was faucet and there was a

massive feud so when i booked "the daily show" betty white was the guest. i said betty, clear this up because i want to win. can i use a proper known in password? she said liz, you are the winner. it was so great. the best. as we're talking about all the inspirations for things betty has done. let us not forget betty white and the golden girls had to be an inspiration for "sex in the city." i don't think we could have had "sex in the city" if we didn't have the golden girls first. it was like "sex in the city" was golden girls in reverse. if we did the reboot of the reboot would they live in florida together? when i think about everything she's done and the evolution of her work, let it be a reminder we shouldn't be so agest when we talk about humor and celebrating because we want to have a lot of

betty whites we're celebrating when they're 99. we don't want to cast people aside. when i think about betty white being the oldest person to host "snl" it's like why aren'ter co "snl." their funny. thinking let's use betty white's life and legacy as an example of how we want to celebrate people who have paved the way and who have remained relevant and interesting. >> this is a "golden girls" moment my friend showed me a couple days ago for the first time that had me and my husband laughing and hysterical. dorothy saying you're five years old, so am i, so is blanch, so you have a few more wrinkles, so do i, so does blanch. you're a little thicker in the middle, so am i.

so is blanch. the timing is amazing and it is 2021 and holds up. it is so hard to have something still be funny this many years later. >> katy, that is what is so wild. you go back also to everything she's done. i mean, you go back to mary tyler moore and go back to the first thing that i did when i heard the news was there was a great episode of mary tyler moore when chuckles the clown dies and they're all hugging and walking across the set in a hug saying i think we all need a kleenex and it's the first gift i grabbed when i heard it. the relevance of how you can make humor and it just speaks to when humor is good and when comedy is good, it holds up. that's my rescue dog, by the way, as tribute to betty white barking in the background. i'm giving you everything i can. >> as we were talking about "the

mary tyler moore show" my stage manager joe was nodding his head in agreement for that story. i am just so thankful and i was talking a little bit about this with dean ogeidallah for the women she inspired, you, those on "the daily show." tina fey and amy poehler. put them on anything. they can be -- it's a cliche, they could be reading the phone book and i'd watch it. thank god she was there to be a role model, to inspire, to lead the way for so many of these women that i count as absolutely essential for my sanity nowadays. >> for sure. you know, i think of sarah silvermen and i think of esa ray and the all of the folks who are persevered and kathy griffin has a great thread on twitter about her experiences with betty white i encourage everyone to read and

i think look at the women in comedy now and say, take time to look at betty's work but older comics out there now, people in their 40s and 50s who have had the experience of knowing betty and a career and just reading their thoughts and their recollections of having betty white as their inspiration. it's really heart felt. katy, it is so wild to look at how many people are -- it's not just sad. people are overwhelmed with grief. like, in a way that is, like, if there was going to be a state funeral, which there should be. i feel like we should just do what they did, you know, with james brown and just tour betty white around every wonderful place so people could pay tribute to her -- can we have her lie in state?

i don't know the rules of washington but i feel like she should be lying in state to say good-bye to her. >> she's try good for that. don't drag her into politics. she's too good for that. >> you're right. >> let's have her lying somewhere more appropriate for her amazingness than state. obviously, i'm joking. >> where could she -- i can't imagine a place that deserves her. >> the walk of fame doesn't really fit. i'm trying to think. i don't know. we'll have to build our own spectacular monument where she can exist in her exceptional beyond what we have. liz, i'll ask you to stick around. we want to sneak in another quick break. we're celebrating the life of betty white dead at the age of 99. f betty white dead at the age of 99

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age of 99. we're celebrating her life here. let's bring in liz mcneil that just wrote this cover story for betty white turning 100. talk to me about what she told you. >> hi, you know, it was just so wonderful that she participated and i think her sense of humor really came through and one thing i noticed is the funnier questions were the things she responded to about i asked her would you ever drink green juice or something like that and that's when she said i don't touch anything green. so it was just wonderful to celebrate her. >> her secret to longevity is not touching anything green. that and her hobby being vodka, which she told david letterman a few years ago. she was very, very funny.

you were celebrating her 100th birthday. she didn't quite make it to her 100th birthday. what are your expectations for that big special that was planned? >> when you say special, what do you mean? >> the movie celebrating, you know, betty white turns 100. >> so i think that movie is still going to play on her birthday. as far as i know. i think it's just -- we just want to celebrate her even more. of course, i'm sad she didn't make it. you know, she was so close. i guess i just love knowing that her sense of humor sparkling sense of humor was completely in tact. >> "people magazine" having her on the cover, that goes to show you when a draw she was at the age of 99. this is a woman that captivated the country and the world for almost the entirety of her life and multiple generations.

>> absolutely. and one thing that's so great about writing about her is you hear well, you know, i used to watch "golden girls" with my grandmother and hear that from younger colleagues. her appeal gave her longevity and her longevity gave her more and more appeal. this amazing sort of phenomenon that she was, that you just loved her more and more as she got older because of just her incredible appeal and her longevity. >> liz, thank you so much for joining us and what timing for a cover. i know know that will be used to celebrate her life. not just her 100th birthday but for the entirety of her life. let's bring in dean obeidallah again. i'm petitions. i have no sway here. i'll petition laura michaels to replay the betty white episode. it would be good timing. i'm also going to petition everybody out there that might

be in charge of a television network that has the ability to air a betty white rerun, maybe a "golden girls" rerun, although those are probably out there every day. when you're looking back, what is the show? what is the clip that you want to -- that you're going to turn to first after you get finished talking to me? >> do we have dean? hello? see, if i was betty white i'd have something funny to say to that. i don't think we have dean. do we have liz? liz, you're here with me. liz, you'd never leave me. when you get finished talking to me, when i finish holding you captive here, what are you going to turn to? >> i'm going to turn to the "mary tyler moore show" because it was so formative for me growing up in minnesota and

having that show happen here and having sue ann be one of the most profound seminole char -- characters formulating what i was as a comedian and showing things were possible. also, let's just talk about these shows where "golden girls" and "marry tyler moore" were shows of women that didn't rely on men. they were shows that centered around their power and who they were and their comedian timing and their lives and their lives didn't surround themselves with anything else other than -- i mean, sure, sue ann was this hilarious character always looking for action but always on her terms. i was trying to think of something that wouldn't get me censored. action worked out there. always centers herself and her needs and the golden girls same thing, it was about friendships

with women. it was about the bond that women have and i love that so much of her career when you look at it is centered around giving women these massive platforms and really showcasing our lives in who we were and that's just amazing and so going back and watching "mary tyler moore" and katy, i encourage you as somebody that works in news, go back and take in the local news flavor in watching all that happened and sue ann's role in that. i think -- >> there are almost no television shows that have been able to capture what it's like to work in the news business. that is a rare one. it was maybe "sports night" and a couple movies that have gotten it. everything else is wildly off base but that one, that show "mary tyler moore show" was

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betty white is dead at the age of 99. we are celebrating her life. liz, i got a few quotes that i think are great. i would love to read to you. one of them is, if one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble. that's true. get at least eight hours of beauty sleep. nine if you are ugly. i have no regrets at all. i'm the luckiest old broad on two feet. what have you not done in the business that you have always wanted do is, robert redford. on that i agree. especially robert redford. it's showing how much of a news geek i am. gosh, it's so hard to sum her up. it's so hard to encapsulate this incredible life, to celebrate it in such a small medium that we have right now, this cable news

show. >> i know. i think the one thing is, i think everybody can go back, embrace her work, embrace the work of the women that inspired her because there's so many great ones. i have my rescue dog now in my shot in honor of betty. he decided to make an appearance. i think that we just really need to remember that betty white is somebody who is -- we should take life lessons from. her confidence, her talent and her genuine humility is what made her longevity. because she was incredibly talented. she was also incredibly kind and understood in every project she worked on everyone's role in it. you will not talk to a single person, no matter who they were on the set of what she did, that

didn't appreciate -- feel appreciated because she was in the room. she set the example for a lot of people on how to be in situations. embrace her, embrace her comedy. be like betty is what i'm trying to be. >> she said when her husband died, she said she had found the best. in talking about her passing, her agent told "people," i don't think betty feared passing because she wanted to be with her most beloved husband. she believed she would be with him again. here is hoping to that. liz, thank you so much. >> find old password episodes, something that people won't say a lot. he was the host of password. that was her husband. their chemistry, it was fun. >> we saw a short clip in the obituary we aired where she asked him to take her home. it was very charming.

very charming. liz, thank you. betty white dead at the age of 99.

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