Betty White was one of those increasingly rare people who I have no memory of not knowing about. She was on television when I was just a little kid — someone who, from the beginning, popped up from time as a familiar face. It’s a though she’s always been here — until now.
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I’m not sure I remember it or remember my Mom telling details about it … but I swear I remember watching her on Password when I was just a wee sprout 
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Yes! I remember that too! It was my favorite game show on days I was home from school sick
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What I think speaks volumes is how treasured Betty White seems to have been across a broad group of people young and old. RIP Betty.
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I ran across this today on YouTube. An episode of the Betty White show from November 1954.
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In case anyone doesn’t know, that tap dancer is Arthur Duncan. He joined the show in 1957. The station started getting racist, hate letters from Jim Crow Southern states that they would not air The Betty White show if he remained. The station began pressuring Betty to fire him. She said no way. She refused to fire him so the station cancelled the show.
Even though his time was short with Betty, it was the launching point of his career. He went on to tour with Bob Hope overseas and then became a regular on The Lawrence Welk show for nearly 2 decades. 
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“Live with it.”
Betty White host and producer of The Betty White Show as she defied racist demands to get rid of Duncan because he was black.
I was happy she was able to finally, after 40 years, spend NYE with Allen Ludden. And can you imagine the ruckus on the Rainbow Bridge?
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Not a household name, but a passing worth a mention.
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112 … my word. RIP Mr. Brooks
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Sidney Poitier dies.
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RIP Sidney
More sad news RIP Bob
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Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77
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Such a depressing thread these days.
Ronnie Spector, lead singer of The Ronettes, dead at 78
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My entire childhood is slipping away. 
My older brother and I slept in the same room as kids. He liked to sleep with the radio on. I remember lying there listening to the Ronettes sing, “Be my, be my baby — my one and only baby.”
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Couldn’t agree more.
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Every day lately
RIP to both of them 
Well, if my name is not mentioned, I’ll get out of bed.
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Oh Meatloaf 
Rest easy, big man.
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Aww RIP