Opinion: The secret to Betty White's enduring TV presence

Published Jan 01 2022 at 2:15 AM GMT

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The prospect of Betty White's death -- which has been trotted out numerous times as one of those sick little gags on the Internet -- has taunted many of us for some time.
This became especially unnerving once the pandemic began, when it seemed plausible that Covid-19 could take away even a nonagenarian as durable and indefatigable as Betty White.