White was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois to Horace and Tess White.

And White’s career in film and television spanned eight decades, according toBiography.

Couric asked White about what it was like to be the final living Golden Girl.

Betty White smiling

“I’m the only one left, and I’m the oldest.

“No, not at all.

Not at all,” White said.

Betty White smiling

“My mother had the most wonderful outlook on death.

She would always say, ‘Nobody knows.

But, she said, it’s a secret.