Unfortunately, this year is going out as it came in, with some bad news. Betty White, the trailblazing comedienne who had an unforgettable television career that included “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls” has died. Her 100th birthday would have been January 17, and she’d been featured in a People article about looking forward to that event in which she described herself as ever the “cock-eyed optimist.” The news was first broken by TMZ, which was told by law enforcement sources. From NY Post: The eight-time Emmy winner held the record for the longest TV career of...