Photo: Betty White/Instagram; Jason Merritt/FilmMagic
Betty White’s longtime Brentwood, Calif. home has officially been demolished.
On Sunday, the late actress' assistant, Kiersten Mikelas, who runs White’s Instagram account, posted a photo announcing her home of more than 50 years has been torn down.
“This is such a busy time of year and coming up on the anniversary of Betty’s passing is hitting in ways I hadn’t anticipated,” she wrote of White,who died on Dec. 31, 2021. “Her Brentwood home is no more (save the fireplaces which will be gone in short order).”
In the photo, the dirt ground where the home previously stood was bare as an excavator sat near one of the fireplaces, still intact.
She added: “I promise a wonderful tribute to our most wonderful lady very soon!!!!”
Pieces of the home will live on, though. “So honored to have been able to buy the big yellow front door to this home,” comedian Chelcie Lynn commented on the post. “It’ll be used on the house I build ☀️ 😢.”
In June, the property sold for $10.678 million after just one month on the market. TheHollywood legendand her late husbandAllen Luddenbought the property in 1968, according toThe Wall Street Journal.
The iconic couple purchased the home for its proximity toHollywood studiosand its private setting, according toWSJ.
The two-story home included a sunroom where the actress reportedly enjoyed the view of the yard, which featured flower-filled garden beds, old growth trees and a swimming pool, a spokesperson shared with the publication.
“Betty White was a California girl through and through,” the star’s estate toldWSJ. “Despite living in New York when she and Allen Ludden were first married, she longed to be ‘back home’ in Los Angeles where she grew up.”
source: people.com
