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Police leave Betty White’s home hours after Golden Girls star passed away on New Year’s Eve

POLICE were seen leaving Betty White's house just hours after she died on New Year's Eve.

White - whose career spanned almost nine decades - was 99 years old, and only weeks from her 100th birthday on January 17th.

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that the iconic star passed away at her home on the morning of New Year's Eve. The source added that she didn't have any illnesses and she was not battling any particular ailment. It is believed she died from natural causes.

However, photographs showed police leaving the star's home just hours after she died on Friday.

Her agent and friend Jeff Witjas said in a statement to : "Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever.

"I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. 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." 

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posted a photograph of him and Betty with the caption: "Noooooooooo. Say it isn’t so," while dubbed her "the funniest woman I've ever met."

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added: "Tonight we will raise MANY glasses to the WONDERFUL legacy of Betty White!!!"

Read our Betty White blog for the very latest news and updates...

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, on January 17, 1922, White's career started as a radio personality in in the 1930s.

She transitioned to television, where she became a staple panelist of American game shows, including Password, Match Game, Tattletales, To Tell The Truth, Hollywood Squares and The $25,000 Pyramid.

White was dubbed "the first lady of the game show," becoming the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 1983.

Her career skyrocketed with her role as Rose Nylund in the '80s sitcom The Golden Girls.

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