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BETTY WHITE’S AGENT JEFF WITJAS LOOKS BACK ON HER FINAL DAYS

 

 

BETTY WHITE’S AGENT JEFF WITJAS LOOKS BACK ON HER FINAL DAYS

 

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January 3, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) -   In his only entertainment newsmagazine interview, Betty White’s longtime agent, Jeff Witjas, reflects on her final days with ET’s Kevin Frazier.  The two had an "incredible" relationship, with Witjas first representing the Hollywood icon when she was in her early 80s, "which is rare in our industry,” he said. Witjas takes a look back on White's final days and shuts down rumors about her death.

White died on December 31at the age of 99. Rumors circulated that she died after getting a COVID-19 booster, which Witjas denies. "I can absolutely, 100 percent say, Betty did not pass because of the booster, she did not pass because of COVID, she never had COVID," he states. "She passed, with my understanding, of natural causes. Being 99 years old, unfortunately, you know. But there was no outside disease. Betty was a healthy, healthy lady and for those who are trying to start a political conversation about vaccines with Betty White, don't. It's not true. Betty never had the booster, and that is really it. Period."

"But she was basically healthy," he stresses. "I was over there at the house a number of times and we enjoyed playing gin rummy together. Now I will say, her mind was sharp, her mind was always sharp, and she ticked me off really because she beat me four times…Somebody who is in declining health wouldn't be able to play gin rummy, honestly, and especially beat me four times. And as I was leaving, she promised me a rematch. That's the only thing we're not going to have. But at least she knows, as I left, she beat me, because we had a very fun, competitive gin rummy game."

Witjas, meanwhile, recalls that "Betty never talked a lot about the past." "She was an extremely positive person and if you asked her a certain question she would answer it, but she never dwelled on the past," he reminisces. "The only thing she talked about frequently would be her beloved husband, Allen Ludden. But she loved Mary Tyler Moore dearly, but she didn't say, 'Oh, you remember that show, Jeff, that I was on?' No, she wouldn't go back there to

As for the Golden Girl’s funeral arrangements, Witjas says that they "are being made," adding that "they'll probably be private."

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