New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

End of a Golden era BYE-BYE, BETTY

She was talented, hilarious and addicted to hot dogs. On December 31, Hollywood icon Betty White – star of TV hits including The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls – died, aged 99. We pay tribute to the big-hearted actress, who kept us laughing right up to the end.

Hollywood wasn’t interested at first.

Born in 1922, Betty grew up in Los Angeles. Her school pals voted her “best looking female” but

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