Although she will be best remembered for her role as the naive Rose Nylund in the hit comedy The Golden Girls , White, who died at the age of 99, was one of the best-loved performers on US television for seven decade.

She was a professional who won eight Emmy awards, the first and last more than 60 years apart. She was also a trailblazer, becoming one of the first women to produce television in the 1950s and, 30 years later, the first female game show host, termed a “femcee.”

All four principal performers on The Golden Girls earned Emmys for outstanding actress, but White’s was the first, in 1986. This might be because she played against type; Rose’s part on the Mary Tyler Moore Show was the polar opposite of her role on the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

How to watch Betty White funeral on TV

It is unknown whether Betty White’s burial will be televised, but there will be several tributes to the comedy queen.

Saturday Night Live re-aired the Emmy-winning Mother’s Day special she presented on May 8, 2010. CMT will broadcast a Golden Girls All-Day Marathon beginning at 9 a.m. ET on January 3.

The episodes will broadcast from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. ET on CMT.

However channels that likely to broadcast White’s funeral include;