Betty White starred on The Golden Girls, a show about a bunch of older women living together and the funny antics they got themselves into. Betty is now 98 years old and the last surviving member of The Golden Girls. There was a time when Betty thought she would be the first to go because she was the oldest.
She opened up about the subject in her book called If You Ask Me. She wrote, “I always thought I would be the one who would goโparticularly with ‘The Golden Girls,’ because I was the oldest. But then we lost all of them, and Iโm the only one left and Iโm still functioning. I think, โHow did that happen?โ”
Betty White wonders how she is the only ‘Golden Girl’ left
She also opened up about dealing with loss, which continues to happen when you outlive your family and former co-stars. She said the toughest time was when her husband Allen Ludden died. He died in 1981 and she described his death as a “hole in her life.”
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She admitted that she was used to being with him all the time and making decisions together. When you lose something you’re with a lot, daily life becomes much harder. She opened up about how tough that was.
She said, “Thereโs nobody there, and you think, โWell whoโs in charge?โ My God, itโs me. I have to make the decisions. I canโt share the decisions any longer. And thatโs tough because you donโt fully trust your own judgment.”