Golden Girls star Betty White has died at the age of 99.
The Daily Star reports she passed away tonight after an 80-year career.
The US actress played Rose Nylund in Golden Girls, which was on screens for seven seasons – a total of 180 episodes – between 1985 and 1992.
She reprised her role of Rose in The Golden Palace, a spin-off of the original series which came after actress Beatrice Arthur decided to quit the show.
While Golden Girls saw Betty's popularity soar in the late 1980s, she had already achieved incredible success earlier in her career.
Her television career began back in 1939, just three months after she graduated high school, when she appeared on an experimental Los Angeles TV channel.
She enjoyed work as a model and on stage at Bliss Hayden Little Theatre, though her career was put on hold with the outbreak of World War II.
During the Second World War, Betty volunteered for the American Women's Voluntary Services, which saw her help transport military supplies through California.
After the war, her acting career stalled when she was told she was "unphotogenic" – so she turned to radio before finding fame on the TV.
She appeared in a number of huge TV series, including The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Hot in Cleveland.
She also became the first woman to produce a sitcom, Life with Elizabeth, which led to her being named the honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955.
The TV icon was gifted a Guinness World Record in 2018 after her record-breaking nine decades in the TV industry. During that time, she received eight Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Grammy.
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