Betty White's former co-star Vicki Lawrence has revealed the late icon's final words before her death at the age of 99.
The Golden Girls star - whose career spanned over eight decades - died at home on Friday, December 31, 2021, less than three weeks before her 100th birthday.
Lawrence - who starred alongside White in The Carol Burnett Show, and later in the series’ spin-off Mama's Family - has revealed that the icon's last word before she died was reportedly her late husband Allen Ludden's name.
When Lawrence was asked about the last time she spoke to White, the 72-year-old told The Hollywood Reporter that it had been a while since the actors had been in touch.
However, Lawrence continued, she spoke to Burnett in the wake of White's death, and learned that the actress had called out for her husband moments before she passed away.
"[Burnett] said she spoke to Betty’s assistant, who was with her when she passed, and she said the last word out of her mouth was 'Allen'," Lawrence said. "It's so lovingly sweet, I hope it's true," she added.
White married Emmy Award-winning game show host Ludden in 1963, after two prior failed marriages.
She never remarried after Ludden died from stomach cancer in 1981.
White explained her decision not to remarry during a 2014 appearance on Larry King Now, when she told the show's late host: "When you've had the best, who needs the rest?"
In the official statement confirming her death, White’s agent Jeff Whitjas said White never feared death because she always wanted to be "with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden".
"She believed she would be with him again," he added.
Witjas confirmed news of White's death to People, and has now issued a follow-up statement to the Associated Press about the star's cause of death.
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 on Monday, 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."
Witjas told People in a statement last Friday that the beloved actress "died peacefully in her sleep at her home" that morning.