The world lost a true icon on December 31st, 2021, with the passing of Betty White.
She passed away at her home in Los Angeles due to natural causes.
Born on January 17th, 1922, she was oh-so-close to celebrating her 100th birthday. Over the years,
she entertained fans with appearances and starring roles in both television and film,
including "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Golden Girls,"
"Hot In Cleveland," "The Proposal," and many, many more.
Since her passing, many have wondered where she will be buried.
While the official plans have not yet been released, there are several speculations,
according to Parade. Many assumptions thus far have been based on where she grew up, where her
husband was laid to rest, and where she lived with her husband — in their shared dream home.
White was married three times, and in 1963, she tied the knot with Allen Ludden after meeting him
on the game show he hosted, "Password." He died in 1981, due to stomach cancer,
just a few days before their 18th anniversary. One option is that White will end up next to
him at the Graceland Cemetery in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he was buried.
"Allen Ludden and Betty White is our connection to Hollywood here in Mineral Point.
For a small town of 2,600 people, it's pretty neat."
Previously, in the late 1940s, the actress was wed to an army pilot named Dick Barker for a year,
and to a casting director and actor named Lane Allen for a couple of years,
according to Showbiz Cheat Sheet. And after Ludden passed in the '80s, White never remarried.
"If you've had the best, who needs the rest?"
While White and Ludden were married, they lived in Carmel, California, in a 3,600-square-foot home
they purchased for $170,000 in 1978. So another option is that White could be buried there. In
fact, that's where she wanted to spend her final days. Instead, she was at her home in West Los
Angeles, a Brentwood house with five bedrooms and six bathrooms. A source told The New York Post,
"She never wanted to leave her home in Carmel,
but was forced to for at-home care. Los Angeles was more accessible."
She might have chosen to be buried near where she had so many good memories. According to Page Six,
White's assistant revealed that the last word Betty said before she passed was "Allen."
"It was a love affair. We missed 18 years by 3 days but it was still a honeymoon."
Finally, there are those who believe she will be buried in Oak Park,
Illinois. This is her hometown, where she lived as a child, before her family moved to California.
In fact, on January 17th, Oak Park will celebrate Betty White Day, according to TMZ.
Even though White moved away when she was just an infant, Oak Park was always near and dear to her,
and she would come back and visit from time to time. On the day that would have been her
100th birthday, businesses will offer Betty White specials, and there will be a giant birthday cake,
as well as a mural contest. Plus, everyone will get the day off,
since it also happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Betty White was the last of the "Golden Girls," as
the other three main stars of the TV show passed away previously.
Estelle Getty, who played the sassy Sophia,
was born in New York in 1923, and she passed away in Hollywood in 2008, at the age of 84.
She is now in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, along with many other stars.
Bea Arthur was Dorothy on "Golden Girls," and she was born in Brooklyn in 1922. She died at
the age of 86, in Los Angeles in 2009. She was cremated, and her ashes were given to loved ones.
Blanche was portrayed by Rue McClanahan, who was born in 1934 in Oklahoma. Her death happened
in 2010, at the age of 76, in New York, and according to Find a Grave, she was also cremated.
As for White's final resting place, all we hope is that it's in line with what she would have wanted.
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