![]() She wrote, produced and hosted a syndicated TV show, "The Pet Set."īut by 2010, when she appeared in a Snickers candy bar commercial, White became America's senior citizen sweetheart – a sweet old lady with a hip, naughty side, and a penchant for bawdy humor. At age 88 she became the oldest guest host of "Saturday Night Live" following a social media campaign targeting the show's producers and she was invited onto the pilot of the sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" – and ended up staying through 124 episodes. She was voted Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. She was also a role model for how to grow old joyously. "Don't try to be young," she told The AP. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them."ĭespite the loss of many people close to her, White told "Sunday Morning" she wasn't afraid of death herself. My mother had the most wonderful outlook on death. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images So, all growing up, whenever we'd lose somebody, she'd always say, 'Now, they know the secret.'" People think they do, you can believe whatever you want to believe what happens at that last moment, but nobody ever knows until it happens.' But, she said, it's a secret. Nevada Democrat Harry Reid (December 2, 1939-December 28, 2021), a lion of the Senate, was known as one of the toughest dealmakers in Congress for more than three decades. A former amateur boxer, he brought a willingness to draw partisan blood, and famously espoused: "I would rather dance than fight, but I know how to fight."īorn in meager circumstances in Searchlight, Nevada – a town he once said had 13 brothels and not much else – Reid lost his alcoholic father to suicide. ![]() His mother was a laundress at a bordello. He would put himself through law school at George Washington University in D.C., working nights as a Capitol Police officer.īy 28 Reid was elected to the Nevada Assembly, and at 30 became the youngest lieutenant governor in the state's history.
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