Betty White is receiving a posthumous honor from america Postal Service.
The mail service introduced on Friday, November 15, that the enduring actress, who died in 2021 at 99 years previous, will probably be featured on one of many USPS’s 2025 stamps.
“An icon of American tv, Betty White (1922–2021) shared her wit and heat with viewers for seven many years — together with roles on The Golden Ladies and The Mary Tyler Moore Present,” the USPS shared in a statement. “The comedic actor, who gained youthful generations of followers as she entered her 90s, was additionally revered as a compassionate advocate for animals.”
The Golden Ladies star is one among a number of stamps to be circulated by the USPS in 2025, which additionally features a “Love” stamp celebrating artist Keith Haring, and a Black Heritage stamp memorializing musician Allen Toussaint.
“This early glimpse into our 2025 stamp program demonstrates our dedication to offering a various vary of topics and designs for each philatelists and stamp lovers,” stated Lisa Bobb-Semple, stamp companies director for USPS in a press release.
“This 12 months, we’re persevering with a number of of our fashionable sequence and commemorative anniversaries, whereas introducing some thrilling new stamps,” Bobb-Semple continued. “Moreover, a number of of our mail-use stamps, that are printed primarily based on demand, will probably be up to date this 12 months. Keep tuned for extra bulletins within the coming months.”
White died on December 31, 2021, simply three weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Her cause of death was revealed on January 11, 2022, which was a stroke she suffered six days prior at her house in Los Angeles.
“Although Betty was about to be 100, I believed she would stay without end,” her agent and shut pal, Jeff Witjas, instructed Folks in a press release on the time. “I’ll miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she beloved a lot. I don’t assume Betty ever feared passing as a result of she at all times needed to be together with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she can be with him once more.”
White is maybe finest identified for her roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Present, Golden Ladies and Scorching in Cleveland, however she additionally appeared in a number of fashionable movies akin to The Proposal, You Once more and Lake Placid.
“[I’m] amazed,” the actress instructed Leisure Tonight in an interview revealed on December 29, 2021. “No, severely, I’m the luckiest broad on two ft to be as wholesome as I’m and to really feel nearly as good as I do!”