During a summer spent on Cape Cod, she met her husband, Tom Sullivan, who was attending Harvard at the time but pursuing a career in the music business. Patty Sullivan was born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Tucson where she attended the University of Arizona. Betty’s uncompromising values were the authentic core of the life she lived and savored-tasting every minute along the way.īetty White’s Pearls of Wisdom gives you a glimpse into the personal relationship with “her Sullivans,” and the pearls of wisdom she imparted that forever transformed their lives.

Through her stories we see Betty’s fun-loving banter over a game of Scrabble, her wisdom imparted on a moonlit Christmas sleigh ride, and her passionate advocacy for all members of the animal kingdom. Patty met Betty in the late 1960s, and the Sullivans-Patty, her husband, Tom, and their two children-enjoyed a rich relationship and amazing closeness through Betty’s final days. “My remembrances are perhaps an echo of things already said, but I hope my stories hold up a mirror, another reflection of her essence and how she affected my life so profoundly.” In Betty White’s Pearls of Wisdom readers will find a more intimate look into Betty’s life as told through the eyes of Patty Sullivan, her lifelong friend and adopted family member.

With her irreverent wit and comedic timing, she was a force of nature forever cherished by fans young and old.

From the early days of television on the game-show circuit to her unforgettable roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, she was the first lady of television. A beautiful tribute to Betty White, one of the most beloved and treasured American icons.īetty White’s award-winning career spanned seven decades.

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