Actress Betty White dies near her 100th birthday

Actress Betty White died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles a few days after her 100th birthday on January 17, according to the TMZ portal and confirmed by The Associated Press.

White starred in multiple television shows over eight decades but became famous for her starring role as Rose Nylund on

, which aired from 1985 to 1992, as well as for her role as Sue Ann Nivens on

Actress Betty White in Los Angeles on June 9, 2010, Matt Sayles / AP

He started out working as an assistant on a local television network.

In the early 1950s her first television series,

, premiered

After starring in the short series,

, White appeared as a guest on many television shows and had a supporting role in the 2009 film

, starring Sandra Bullock.

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Her career skyrocketed again in 2010, when she appeared on

as the show's longest-serving guest host, and began her role on the new comedy

White was nominated for 18 Emmys and won five.

In 2009, he received the Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild.

In 2011 it won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.

The actress has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Animals were her passion: she collaborated with the Los Angeles Zoo, which named her an ambassador for animals in 2006, and the Morris Animal Foundation. 

He also wrote several books, such as

(1987) and

(1995).

In 2011 he published two books,

and

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White was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois.

When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Los Angeles.

She was married three times, in 1945 she married WWII pilot Dick Barker.

Then, in 1947, with the theatrical agent Lane Allen with whom she spent two years and in 1963 she met her third husband, Allen Ludden, with whom she was until his death in 1981.