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After her passing at the age of 99 on December 31, 2021, Betty White is not likely to be forgotten soon. Episodes of Golden Girls starring the late beloved actress still air in reruns on Hallmark Channel.
Meanwhile, she was also renowned for her appearances in other sitcoms, including The Mary Tyler Moore. However, it is likely Golden Girls is the sitcom that is still on fans’ minds.
However, White will also be celebrated by the United States Postal Service as she will feature on a postal stamp in 2025.
United States Postal Service Celebrates ‘Pop Culture Icons,’ including Betty White
In an announcement on November 15, 2024, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that Betty White is one of three “pop culture icons’ to be memorialized with a stamp in 2025. The other stamps are a “Love” stamp by artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990 and “virtuoso pianist, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger and producer “Allen Toussaint, who died in 2015. Meanwhile, additional new stamps are expected to be announced soon.
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According to the USPS, designing the stamp featuring White was a team effort. Reportedly, artist Dale Stephanos created the illustration for the stamp from a 2010 photo, taken by Kwaku Alston. Moreover, the design for the stamp came from Greg Breeding, an art director for the USPS.
‘Icon of American television’
The press release from the USPS dubbed Betty “an icon of American television” who had “shared her wit and warmth with viewers for seven decades.” It also noted that White had “gained younger generations of fans as she entered her 90s.” Moreover, the release noted the beloved actress “was also a compassionate advocate for animals.”
Betty White celebrated on Hallmark Channel
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On what would have been White’s 100th birthday on January 17, 2022, Hallmark released special programming to celebrate the comedian and actress. The feel-good network aired 40, hand-selected episodes of the Golden Girls they deemed especially unique and funny in the life of White’s character, Rose.
At the time, there was also a special presentation of Betty’s 2021 Hallmark movie, The Lost Valentine, co-starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. That movie told the story of a TV reporter, assigned to cover the story of a woman who had waited 60 years for the return of their husband who was declared missing in action in World War II
Even today, fans can watch that movie, along with reruns of the Golden Girls on Hallmark Channel.