Betty White Recalled as a Trailblazer With a Love for Life

Betty White Recalled as a Trailblazer With a Love for Life
“The world looks a little different now,” said the actor Ryan Reynolds, who was one of many to pay tribute to the actress who died on Friday.


Ryan Reynolds and Betty White on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” in 2010.Credit...Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
By Vimal Patel
Dec. 31, 2021, 7:48 p.m. ET
Television stars, comedians, a president and seemingly the entire internet paid tribute on Friday to Betty White, the actress whose trailblazing career spanned seven decades and who died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles.

President Biden said that Ms. White had “brought a smile to the lips of generations of Americans.”

“She’s a cultural icon who will be sorely missed,” he wrote on Twitter. “Jill and I are thinking of her family and all those who loved her this New Year’s Eve.”

The actor Ryan Reynolds, who co-starred with Ms. White in “The Proposal,” a 2009 romantic comedy, wrote on Instagram that “the world looks a little different now.”

He said Ms. White had excelled at defying expectations.

“She managed to grow very old and somehow, not old enough,” Mr. Reynolds wrote. “We’ll miss you, Betty. Now you know the secret.”

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