Betty White died of a stroke, her death certificate has shown.
The Golden Girls star - whose career spanned over eight decades - died at home on December 31, 2021, less than three weeks before her 100th birthday.
White passed away "peacefully in her sleep at home" according to her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas.
Now, White’s death certificate obtained by TMZ has shown that the actor had a cerebrovascular accident, or stroke, six days before her death.
A cerebrovascular accident occurs when blood stops flowing to part of the brain, damaging the tissue.
The stroke is listed as her cause of death. Sources close to the actor told the publication that White was "alert and coherent" after the stroke and confirmed that she died in her sleep.
"I was told that Betty passed in her sleep peacefully without pain," Witjas said in a statement to NBC News. "To me, this is the most important thing and brings me comfort as her friend. Anything else is private to Betty."
Witjas was recently forced to clarify White's cause of death following false speculation.
Witjas confirmed that White did not receive a booster shot on December 28. Social media users falsely claimed White said: "Eat healthy and get all your vaccines. I just got boosted today."
In a statement, Witjas said: "Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her home. People are saying her death was related to getting a booster shot three days earlier but that is not true. She died of natural causes. Her death should not be politicized — that is not the life she lived."
Addressing the false quote, Witjas added: "She never said that regarding the booster. Betty died of natural causes. She did not have the booster three days before she died."
"Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," he told People. "I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much.
"I don't think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again."
White had Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was still starring in a TV sitcom, Hot in Cleveland, at age 92 until it was canceled in late 2014.