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Betty White passes at age 99


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19 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Looks like she died after a stroke...not so wonderful a way to go...

From that cnn article: Actress Betty White died after suffering a stroke six days prior, according to her death certificate.

I’d take 6 days — over the last 2 years my maternal grandmother ‘lived’ after she had a stroke in her mid 70’s, unable to communicate, and largely paralyzed on one side. She could track motion pretty well with her eyes, and gave some slight impression that perhaps she understood what people were saying to her. But we never, ever knew to what extent — if any — if she was “still in there”, in terms of cognition, personality, etc.

I don’t mean to minimize Betty White’s manner of departure, but on balance, I’d take the same any day (at any age), over what my grandmother may have experienced (and again, we’ll never know).

I may delete this later. I don’t mean to mess up a perfectly good remembrance thread for a legend like Ms. White.

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