{"id":310,"date":"2022-01-05T03:50:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploreswwi.com\/wp\/?p=310"},"modified":"2022-01-05T03:50:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:50:58","slug":"mineral-point-celebrity-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exploreswwi.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/mineral-point-celebrity-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Mineral Point Celebrity Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Graceland Cemetery in Mineral Point is the final resting place of Allen Ludden, an actor who was married to Betty White from 1968 until his death in 1981. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Following the death of 99-year-old Betty White \u2014 a beloved comedic actress best known for parts in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls and Hot in Cleveland \u2014 a question has been circling locally about her final resting place. Some in Mineral Point have been especially interested because Betty\u2019s husband, Allen Ludden, is a Mineral Point native who is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Mineral Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen Ludden, an actor, television personality, emcee and gameshow host, was best known for hosting the gameshow Password, where he and Betty White met. The couple married in 1963. He died of stomach cancer in June 1981 and Betty White never remarried. She died on Dec. 31, 2021 of natural causes, just 17 days from her 100th birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speculation that she will be laid to rest beside Allen Ludden, whom she called the \u201clove of her life,\u201d in Mineral Point, has now been dismissed, according to her agent Jeff Witjas. Betty White is originally from Oak Park, Ill., and since 1978 has lived in Carmel, Calif.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Info for this post was gathered from IMDB.com and wikipedia.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The snow around Allen Ludden’s gravestone in Mineral Point has been well-traveled by people paying their respects the week after his wife, actress Betty White, passed away. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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