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Erin McKenna
2 min readJan 3, 2022

Here is to the legend that was Betty White

When the show Sex and the City came out, women everywhere analyzed themselves and determined which of the four main characters they most resembled. Were they Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, or Miranda? Like everyone else, I looked at my own life and decided…

I was none of them. The character I was most like was on a different classic TV show, The Golden Girls, and that character was Rose Nylund, played by the incomparable Betty White.

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Erin McKenna

Writer hoping to spread joy and laughter. Loves dogs, pasta, Nova basketball, volunteering and learning about different cultures.