Betty White suffered stroke days before she died

Betty White had a stroke nearly a week before she died, TMZ reported Monday. White’s cause of death is listed as a “cerebrovascular accident” on her death certificate. That is a loss of blood flow to part of the brain.

The death certificate, obtained by TMZ, says Betty White suffered the stroke 6 days before her death.

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Sources say she was alert and coherent after the stroke, and died peacefully in her sleep at home.

White died at the age of 99, December 31, 2021, less than 3 weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday.