Actor Don Cheadle joined the chorus of praise for the late Betty White, offering a memory from the early 1990s spinoff of The Golden Girls, in which the TV icon demonstrated her compassion and professionalism with a simple gesture.Cheadle co-starred with White in The Golden Palace, which aired on NBC in 1992. "betty was the best of the best. when we were shooting scenes together it was difficult for the DP to get the lighting right between my chocolate and betty's white!" Cheadle tweeted. "she was either a ghost or i was the shadow. i came on set one day and betty had darkened her make up/hair a bit in an attempt to accommodate for it. nobody asked her to do it. and that's just one small example of her overflowing generosity. my dogs thank her too. she gave us our veterinarian reco who we still see to this day. she was the goldenest of them all and will be forever missed." He ended the tweet with a broken heart emoji.RELATED: SNL Pays Tribute to Betty White by Re-Airing Her Hosting Debut

White died Dec. 31, 2021 of natural causes, less than three weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday on Jan. 17.

White starred for seven seasons on The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund, a kind and somewhat daffy widow living with best friends Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) in Miami, FL. After the show ended in 1992, White, McClanahan and Getty -- without Arthur -- joined spinoff The Golden Place, in which their characters sold their home and bought a hotel, and Cheadle played Roland Wilson, the manager. During its one season, The Golden Palace tackled racism during an episode in which Roland confronted Blanche about hanging a Confederate battle flag on the hotel, getting her to understand it represents something other than "wonderful family memories."

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Cheadle went on to co-star in Picket Fences and joined the ensemble in the Ocean's Eleven series before replacing Terrence Howard as James Rhodes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man 2. He currently stars in ABC's reboot of The Wonder Years, which recently got a full-season pick-up.

White's long career in television and film also includes winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for her turn on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, another lead actress win for The Golden Girls, a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress for Hot in Cleveland, and guest-actress Emmy wins for The John Larroquette Show and for hosting Saturday Night Live in 2010. SNL re-aired that episode in her honor the day after her passing.

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