Betty White's 'surrogate' daughter and best friend, Patty Sullivan, is celebrating the late comedian's incredible legacy on the first anniversary of her death.
, but her greatest pearl was the lessons we learned watching her accept the inevitable changes that are part of all of our lives," she said. Through her final years of life, Sullivan began chronicling her memories and decades-long friendship with White and published her new book,"Betty White's Pearls of Wisdom: Life Lessons from a Beloved American Treasure.
" Sullivan hopes readers learn just how much White cared about the world, all its inhabitants, and the health of the planet in general. She explained White"never got involved in politics, but her love of this planet and her respect for it was so broad and so deep within her," citing the time a joyful White was able to see"a lost baby sea otter" being"introduced to a surrogate mom" at the Monterey Aquarium."She could see the otters from her window in front of [her] house, and to see the loss of population over time, it just really disturbed her," Sullivan explained."So when she put money and effort and time and concern into saving the sea otter, that was huge. And I got that moment with her — to see on her face, ‘Oh, my gosh, look what I was able to help others achieve.' "I think that's a bigger picture. We always see her promoting, take care of your animals, speak to them, they'll speak to you kind of thing. But to realize the vast amount of work she was doing … that was her first love, by the way. Show business gave her the privilege to support and [fund it]." White"adored acting from the get go" and felt as though"every role that she went up for was meaningful to her." "The Golden Girls" is one of only three sitcoms in which all the main actors won at least one Emmy Award. Rue McClanahan, outstanding lead actress in a comedy series, 1987; Estelle Getty, outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, 1988; Bea Arthur, outstanding lead actress in a comedy series, 1988; and Betty White, outstanding lead actress in a comedy series, 1986." stood the test of time, something Sullivan said White always knew would happen. "When those reruns happen every night of the week, I have grandchildren of my friends say, ‘I love Betty White, I want her to be my grandma.’ And that show is timeless," she said.
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