Actors, Comedians and President React to Betty White's Death

Tributes from chap actors and comedians poured successful connected societal media Friday successful absorption to the decease of Betty White. "The Golden Girls” prima was 99. Henry Winkler thanked White for her humor, warmth and activism. Seth Meyers says White was the lone “Saturday Night Live″ big helium ever saw get a lasting ovation astatine the aft party. Kathy Griffin shared a fewer stories successful a Twitter thread and wrote that White treated her similar an adjacent successful the drama world. Dan Rather said our satellite would beryllium amended if much radical followed White’s example. White was a tv mainstay for much than 60 years.

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“It’s a shame. She was a beauteous woman .... Ninety-nine years old. As my parent would say, God emotion her.” — President Joe Biden, to reporters Friday.

“Sad news. No much Betty White. Too atrocious we couldn’t get different 10 years of her ever warm, gracious, and witty personality. She was 1 of a kind!” — Mel Brooks, connected Twitter.

“Betty White : I is precise hard to sorb you are not present anymore.. But the memories of your deLIGHT are ..Thank you for yur humor, your warmth and your activism ... Rest present and accidental Hi to Bill.” — Henry Winkler, connected Twitter

“The satellite looks antithetic now. She was large astatine defying expectation. She managed to turn precise aged and somehow, not aged enough. We’ll miss you, Betty. Now you cognize the secret.” — Ryan Reynolds, connected Twitter

“Rest successful peace, saccharine Betty. My God, however agleam eden indispensable beryllium close now.” — Valerie Bertinelli, connected Twitter.

“Too overmuch sadness! I posted erstwhile however she changed my life. She was the archetypal idiosyncratic who made maine judge I could beryllium a writer. What an tremendous happening to bash for different person. I stake there’s hundreds of america who she helped implicit the years.” — Nancy Meyers, connected Instagram

“RIP Betty White, the lone SNL big I ever saw get a lasting ovation astatine the aft party. A enactment astatine which she ordered a vodka and a hotdog and stayed til the bitter end." — Seth Meyers, connected Twitter

“Betty, who was gracious capable to beryllium a impermanent prima connected the occurrence of “Kathy Griffin My Life connected the D List”, wherever we get my ma Maggie a play day with Betty White, was a bucket database memory, touching and hilarious astatine the aforesaid time. We amazed Maggie, truthful erstwhile Betty shows up… astatine Sizzler Senior Early Bird Special, my Mom astir fell OUT! And I got to walk the time connected movie and disconnected camera, with my ma and Betty White. It was fundamentally a imagination girls day. Betty legit treated my ma similar a friend. She answered each question, acted precise shocked at…every connection retired of my mouth, which was mandatory. She hung retired with my mom, similar a peer. She treated maine similar we were successful the aforesaid nine oregon something. She really treated maine similar an adjacent successful the drama gurrrl world. She was arsenic crisp and comic arsenic she was brushed and wise…and nary substance however agelong this satellite continues to spin, determination volition beryllium lone 1 Betty White.” — Kathy Griffin, connected Twitter

“Today, we mislaid a beloved TV icon. Betty White was a pioneering actress, who blessed generations of Americans with her endowment and wit for 8 decades. May it beryllium a comfortableness to her loved ones and galore admirers that truthful galore mourn with them during this bittersweet time.” — Nancy Pelosi, connected Twitter

“Another superb endowment has made her transition. I had the pleasance of getting to cognize Betty White and shared a fewer giggles with her. May she remainder successful well-earned peace.” — Dionne Warwick, connected Twitter

“Peace and love, Betty White.” — Susanna Hoffs, connected Twitter

“Betty White volition spell down successful the past books arsenic ageless..99 oregon 100, the numbers belie the information that she lived the champion beingness EVER! RIP Betty White.” — Marlee Matlin, connected Twitter

“A tone of goodness and hope. Betty White was overmuch beloved due to the fact that of who she was, and however she embraced a beingness good lived. Her smile. Her consciousness of humor. Her basal decency. Our satellite would beryllium amended if much followed her example. It is diminished with her passing.” — Dan Rather, connected Twitter

“Y’all, with the passing of #BettyWhite we person mislaid 1 of the champion humans ever!” — LeVar Burton, connected Twitter

“So we’re eating cheesecake successful grant of Betty White. Who’s with me?” — Ariana DeBose, connected Twitter

“RIP to Betty White who was charming, delightful, hilarious, talented and unproblematic for 99.9 years." — Roxane Gay, connected Twitter

“I hosted 1 of the galore attempted reboots of the Pyramid crippled amusement successful 2010 and Betty was a personage guest. The lone happening she asked for each time was 2 legume and food burritos from Taco Bell.” — Andy Richter, connected Twitter