Betty White's 'very last word out of her mouth' was calling for late husband Allen Ludden, her colleague Vicki Lawrence reveals

Daily Mail ^ | 4 January 2022 | Adam S. Levy and George Stark

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Betty White's last word was calling out the name of her late husband Allen Ludden prior to her death at 99 on Friday, according to her colleague Vicki Lawrence.

Lawrence, 72, told Page Six on Monday that she contacted friend Carol Burnett, 88, in the wake of White's passing.

Lawrence said, 'I texted Carol and said, "This just sucks. I hate this. It’s just horrible to see the people you love so much go away."'

She continued: 'Carol wrote back and said, "I know, I know. I spoke to Betty’s assistant, who was with her when she passed, and she said the very last word out of her mouth was Allen." How sweet is that? I said, "That is so sweet. God, I hope that’s true. For all of us, I really hope it’s true, a lovely thought."'

White, who was set to turn 100 years old January 17, was wed to Ludden from 1963 until his 1981 death from stomach cancer at the age of 63.

Lawrence was the star of the NBC series Mama’s Family, which ran from 1983-1990; White played the role of Ellen Harper Jackson on 16 episodes of the show.

She opened up on her professional experiences with the late comedy icon.

'Well, you didn’t really work with her, you just had a good time,' she said. 'Carol called it "playing in the sandbox," and I think that’s exactly what it was. Betty was just the perfect playmate.'

Lawrence described White as 'incredibly professional,' adding, 'I don’t remember her ever not being prepared or ever messing up her lines.'

Lawrence recalled White's loving nature with a story about how she once arrived an hour late to the set because she saved a pair of golden retrievers, 'because that’s what [she] would do.

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