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The partially redacted certificate stated
White's cause of death as a "cerebrovascular accident," a
medical term for a stroke or the loss of blood flow to the brain
caused by a clot or ruptured blood vessels, resulting in brain
tissue damage.
According to the document, issued by the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health, the stroke occurred six days prior
to White's death. The health agency and the county
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office, where vital records
are kept, both declined to comment.
Jeff Witjas, White's longtime agent, said in a statement: "Betty
passed in her sleep peacefully without pain. To me this is the
most important thing and brings me comfort as her dear friend.
Anything else is private to Betty."
TMZ cited unnamed sources as saying White had remained alert and
coherent following her stroke, before dying in her sleep at
home.
White, who remained a pop culture phenomenon well into her 90s,
long after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms "The Golden
Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," died on Dec. 31 less
than three weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
Playing on her eminent likability and slightly naughty wit as
America's geriatric sweetheart, White was still starring in a
television comedy, "Hot in Cleveland," at age 92 until it was
canceled in late 2014.
She married her third and final husband, "Password" game show
host Allen Ludden, in 1963.
(By Steve Gorman; Editing by Karishma Singh)
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