'I'm devastated. She was my hero, such a comic genius.'
Betty White, the award-winning actress and comedian famed for her roles on "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died at age 99, according to The Associated PressThe beloved trailblazing actress loved her craft but loved animals even more.
Marin Humane CEO Nancy Mckenney first met Betty White in the 1990s at a fundraiser for Seattle's Humane Society."We had this fundraiser, she was so generous with her time everyone in awe she was in our midst," said McKenney."There are a lot of activists, but she was an advocate. She stayed the course she did lots of good for many years for all sorts of animals," said Safari West co-founder Peter Lang.
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