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Betty White’s incredible life and career in photos

FILE - In this May 18, 1976 file photo, cast members of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," pose with their Emmys backstage, at the 28th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. From left are, Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file) (Reed Saxon, AP1976)

TV Sitcom star and cultural icon Betty White died on Friday. She was 99.

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(Original Caption) Betty White, television star is shown in this photograph. (Getty)
FILE - Actress Betty White in 1965. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. (AP Photo, File) (AP1965)
(Original Caption) Betty White, star of DuMont's Life with Elizabeth show, has just about enough time to feed her huge St. Bernard, Stormy, before dashing off to the studio from home. (Getty)
circa 1956: American actor Betty White sits in a canvas chair with her name written on the back, looking over her shoulder in a backyard garden. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Getty)
Promotional portrait of the cast of the TV series, 'The Golden Girls,' 1980s. CW, from top left: Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) (2004 Getty Images)
FILE - In this May 18, 1976 file photo, cast members of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," pose with their Emmys backstage, at the 28th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. From left are, Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file) (AP1976)
FILE - Actress Betty White stands with Ted Knight at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 13, 1981. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen, File) (AP1981)
FILE - Former cast members of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, sans Mary Tyler Moore, are reunited for the Museum of Television and Radio's 9th annual Television Festival in Los Angeles on March 21, 1992. From left are Gavin MacLeod, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White and Ed Asner. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
FILE - Actors from the television series "The " Golden Girls" stand together during a break in taping Dec. 25, 1985 in Hollywood. From left are, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) (AP1985)
SANTA MONICA, CA - JUNE 08: Betty White, Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan during the The 6th Annual "TV Land Awards" in Santa Monica, CA on Jue 8, 2008. (Photo by Chris Polk/FilmMagic) (2008 Chris Polk)
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - AUGUST 08: Actresses Sandra Bullock (L) and Betty White speak onstage during the 2010 Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheatre on August 8, 2010 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/TCA 2010/Getty Images for TCA) (2010 Kevin Winter)
HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 04: Betty White attends the unveiling of her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hollywood at Madame Tussauds on June 4, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage) (2012 JB Lacroix)
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 29: Actress Betty White (C) and 'Betty's Boys' appear on location for The Lifeline Program Music Video Shoot on August 29, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/WireImage) (2011 WireImage)
BURBANK, CA - APRIL 26: Actress Betty White accepts Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award onstage during The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on April 26, 2015 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NATAS) (2015 Getty Images)

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