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Beloved actress Betty White died Friday at the age of 99, her publicist confirmed.

White's career spanned decades and included memorable roles on The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

She also became a popular presence in television commercials and talk shows.

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In 2010, White became the oldest person to ever host Saturday Night Live at the age of 88.

"Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," White's agent, Jeff Witjas, told People in a statement.

"I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much."

White's long career in show business began when she was eight years old with an appearance on a radio program in 1930. She was appearing on early television broadcasts by 1939 and found success in modeling.

She once had a radio show called The Betty White Show, which also served as the name of a daily talk and variety show that premiered in 1954 on NBC.

That show prompted protests from some viewers due to its inclusion of a Black cast member, but White refused to remove him from the show even after statio

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