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The
beloved actor known for roles in “The Golden Girls," “The Mary
Tyler Moore Show," “Boston Legal,” and others will be on a 2025
Forever stamp, USPS announced Friday.
White died in late December 2021, less than three weeks before
her 100th birthday. The Postal Service hasn't announced a
release date for the stamp.
“An icon of American television, Betty White (1922–2021) shared
her wit and warmth with viewers for seven decades,” the Postal
Service said in announcing the stamp, which depicts a smiling
White based on a 2010 photograph by celebrity photographer Kwaku
Alston. “The comedic actor, who gained younger generations of
fans as she entered her 90s, was also revered as a compassionate
advocate for animals.”
Boston-based artist Dale Stephanos created the digital
illustration from Alston's photo.
“I’d love to send a letter back to my 18-year-old self with this
stamp on it and tell him that everything is going to be OK,”
Stephanos posted on Facebook.
Regardless of personal politics, self-proclaimed supporters of
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris
reacted with delight on social media.
“Betty White was my hero, all of my life! I actually had a doll
when I was a little girl I named Betty White,” one Trump
supporter posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“Something to make this awful week a little better: We’re
getting a Betty White stamp,” posted a pro-Harris X account.
White combined a wholesome image with a flare for bawdy jokes.
Her television career began in the early 1950s and exploded as
she aged.
“The only SNL host I ever saw get a standing ovation at the
after party," Seth Meyers posted on Twitter after her death. "A
party at which she ordered a vodka and a hotdog and stayed til
the bitter end.”
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