Betty White dead updates – Cause of death for Hollywood legend revealed as a stroke after she passed away at 99

THE Golden Girls actress Betty White passed away at the age of 99 on New Year’s Eve, and her cause of death has been revealed.

Her death came just weeks before the icon’s milestone 100th birthday.

Sources told TMZ that the star passed away at her home on Thursday night and her agent, Jeff Witjas, said in a statement  that she died of “natural causes.”

Witjas said she passed peacefully in a statement to .

“Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said. “I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

Born in Oak Park, , on January 17, 1922, White’s career started as a radio personality in  in the 1930s, but her career skyrocketed with her role as Rose Nylund in the ’80s sitcom The Golden Girls.

Just days before her death, White gushed about celebrating her 100th birthday in a heartbreaking last post, writing, “My 100th birthday… I cannot believe it is coming up.”

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