Betty White's longtime agent and buddy is denying an Web rumor that the TV icon's demise was linked to her getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.
Some social media customers had shared a quote falsely attributed to White previous to her demise, which stated: 'Eat wholesome and get all of your vaccines. I simply bought boosted as we speak.'
Nonetheless, her agent Jeff Witjas has denied she ever gave the quote, saying her demise 'shouldn't be politicized.'
In a press release to PEOPLE on Monday, Witjas added: 'Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her house. Individuals are saying her demise was associated to getting a booster shot three days earlier however that isn't true.'
'She died of pure causes. Her demise shouldn't be politicized - that isn't the life she lived.'
It was additionally revealed this week that White lived her previous few years in her Los Angeles house over COVID considerations - however had wished she may have stayed within the Carmel, California, house she shared together with her late husband Allen Ludden.
On Monday, it was claimed by actress Vicki Lawrence, who labored with White on Mama's Household, that her final phrase earlier than she died was that of her late husband's identify 'Allen.'
'I texted Carol [Burnett] and stated, "This just sucks. I hate this. It's just horrible to see the people you love so much go away," Lawrence, 72, advised PageSix.
'Carol wrote again and stated, "I know, I know. I spoke to Betty's assistant, who was with her when she passed, and she said the very last word out of her mouth was "Allen."
Lawrence added: 'How sweet is that? I said, "That's so candy. God, I hope that is true. For all of us, I actually hope it is true, a stunning thought.'"
White was living in her five-bedroom, six-bathroom Brentwood home in West Los Angeles when she died on Friday - just weeks before her 100th birthday.
Witjas told the Associated Press she had been staying at her LA home during the pandemic out of caution.
But if she had it her way, the New York Post reports, White would have remained at her longtime marital home in Carmel, which she built with Ludden when they bought the land back in 1978 for just $170,000.
Ludden died just three days shy of their 18th wedding anniversary in June 1981, leaving White with three step-children: David, Martha and Sarah.
'She never wanted to leave her home in Carmel, but was forced to for at-home care,' an unnamed source told he Post, explaining: 'Los Angeles was more accessible.
'If she had it her way, Betty would've lived and died in that home [in Carmel],' he said. 'It's the home she shared with her husband - it's where she felt more comfortable.'
Meanwhile, her agent Witjas also revealed that he always reminded Betty of her popularity among fans.
He advised Individuals: 'She knew it, however I'd inform her typically. Even when she wasn't working, I stated, "Betty, thousands and thousands of individuals on the market are nonetheless asking for you. You are getting your fan letters, I am getting presents for you."'
Jeff always wanted Betty to know just how much people loved and admired her.
He told People: 'I don't know if she ever embraced it, [or] really, really felt it. The extent of it. I really don't.
'I would always reinforce it with her because I always felt she should know that. I never wanted her to think while she was sitting at home, that the world has passed her by. It never did.'
Jeff is also glad that Betty - who died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday - was able to achieve her life ambitions.
He added that her popularity went 'beyond love'.
He said: 'Betty lived a great life and she lived a life that she chose. She was happy.
'Every time I told her, "Betty, you are liked," she would look at me with a wry smile and say, "Actually?" I hope she knew. I think she did. It was something beyond love.'
