{"id":388225,"date":"2022-01-01T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fans-convinced-betty-whites-death-is-a-hoax\/"},"modified":"2022-01-01T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T21:00:28","slug":"fans-convinced-betty-whites-death-is-a-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fans-convinced-betty-whites-death-is-a-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fans convinced Betty White&#8217;s death is a hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Fans convinced Betty White&#8217;s death is a hoax<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The world\u2019s eternal golden girl Betty White<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/12\/31\/betty-white-dead-at-99\/\"> passed away in Los Angeles on Friday<\/a>, just 18 days shy of her 100th birthday. <\/p>\n<p>But fans of the beloved comic actress initially believed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> was a sinister hoax pulled by pranksters on the last day of 2021. <\/p>\n<p>White had been subject to multiple death hoaxes over the years \u2014 most memorably in 2014, when a satirical headline about her hair, titled <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/empirenews.net\/actress-betty-white-92-dyes-peacefully-in-her-los-angeles-home\/\">\u201cBetty White Dyes Peacefully in her Los Angeles Home,\u201d<\/a> was widely misinterpreted. <\/p>\n<p>On Friday, fans were hoping news of the Hollywood icon\u2019s death was yet more fake news \u2014 and took to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to share their wishful thinking. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot believing Betty White has died until her official social medias say something,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/RosaliaGrey\/status\/1477000669659688961\">one skeptic posted.<\/a> \u201cI scream hoax cause its\u2019 close to her birthday. Sorry 2021, YOU DON\u2019T GET TO HAVE HER.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Some claimed that it was too coincidental that White has died on the final day of a horror year, which was wrought by the ongoing pandemic, political division and a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of natural disasters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no f\u2014ing way 2021 took away Betty White at the last second. Please let this be a hoax,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/Mazohyst\/status\/1476999149874671617\">a devastated fan wrote. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was another hoax, just when we thought we could escape the wrath of 2021 we done lost Betty white at the last damn minute,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/Palmtreezus\/status\/1477000529343614986\">another chimed in.<\/a> \u201cThis is unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the 2014 Empire News article sparked death rumors, her rep was forced to come out and state that the actress was alive and well. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/betty-white.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"=Betty White fans flocked to Twitter after news of her death was announced on Friday, hoping it was a cruel hoax played on the final day of a horror 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-15718908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/betty-white.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/betty-white.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/betty-white.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Betty White fans flocked to Twitter after news of her death was announced on Friday, hoping it was a cruel hoax played on the final day of a horror 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriel Olsen\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/betty-white-paley-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"White was the subject of a death hoax in 2014, when a satirical headline about her hair, titled &quot;Betty White dyes peacefully in her Los Angeles home,&quot; was widely misinterpreted.\" class=\"wp-image-17898354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/betty-white-paley-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/betty-white-paley-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/betty-white-paley-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>White was the subject of a death hoax in 2014, when a satirical headline about her hair, titled <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/empirenews.net\/actress-betty-white-92-dyes-peacefully-in-her-los-angeles-home\/\">\u201cBetty White Dyes Peacefully in her Los Angeles Home,\u201d<\/a> was widely misinterpreted.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>However, numerous outlets continued to run with rumors that she had passed away. <\/p>\n<p>The article continued to circulate on the internet, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/betty-white-death-hoax\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">was picked up again in November 2019, resulting in a second wave of fear that White had died.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite wishful thinking from fans, White\u2019s passing on Friday was confirmed by her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas in a statement shared with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/betty-white-the-golden-girls-and-hot-in-cleveland-star-dead-at-99\/\">People magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,\u201d Witjas said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/betty-white-first-lady-of-television.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Stars including Debra Messing and Andy Cohen paid tribute to White. \" class=\"wp-image-17781484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/betty-white-first-lady-of-television.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/betty-white-first-lady-of-television.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Stars including Debra Messing and Andy Cohen paid tribute to White. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, a legion of famous friends flocked to social media to pay tribute to White in the wake of her death. <\/p>\n<p>Valerie Bertinelli, Seth Meyers, Debra Messing, Andy Cohen, Ellen DeGeneres and Mario Lopez were among the big names to tweet tributes just minutes after the news was revealed.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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