Betty White's agent denies false COVID booster-related rumours behind her death

Betty White's manager Jeff Witjas shot down a debunked report that claimed White had just gotten a COVID-19 booster shot on December 28.

Washington: Smashing false COVID-19 booster shot related rumours, legendary actor Betty White's agent recently revealed that the actor died peacefully in her sleep at her home as a result of natural causes. White died on Friday at age 99, just two weeks before she would have celebrated her centennial year. 

After her death, several reports surfaced on the internet claiming that the Emmy winner had died due to the complications caused after she took the COVID-19 booster shot, days before her death. Meanwhile, White`s agent, Jeff Witjas - who was also the actor`s close friend, recently smashed the reports. "Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her home," Witjas said in a statement to People magazine.

Witjas also shot down a debunked report that claimed White had just gotten a COVID-19 booster shot on December 28. "People are saying her death was related to getting a booster shot three days earlier, but that is not true. She died of natural causes. Her death should not be politicized -- that is not the life she lived," he told the magazine.