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MOLLY PENNY Molly Penny is a local radio personality and MNSU alum. It was her love of pop culture that got her interested in doing a radio show for KOWZ 100.9, and she is now the music and promotions director at KOWZ & KRUE Radio in Owatonna. She resides in Mankato with her movie buff husband and YouTube obsessed children. Catch her on Twitter at @ mollyhoodUSA.
Golden Life of Betty White:
just 8 years old. She went on to graduate from Beverly Hills High in 1939 and found her knack for entertainment when she wrote and starred in a graduation play at Horace Mann school. She married a few times; meeting her first husband, US Air Force pilot Dick Barter, while volunteering with the American Women’s Voluntary Service. The couple moved to an Ohio chicken farm following
the war… Not exactly the life the star was destined for, so they divorced. Back to L.A. she went where she married Lane Allen, a Hollywood talent agent. White appeared on television with small parts and low-paying cameos on various game shows, eventually landing her own radio show, The Betty White Show, in 1949; She divorced Allen later that same year. As one of few women in entertainment and a two-time divorcee, White befriended Lucille Ball. Both stars were filming
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ational treasure Betty White turns 100 this month! That’s right, America’s ‘golden girl’ was born back on Jan. 17, 1922. I know I am not alone in wishing that we could literally assign her national security and wrap her in bubble wrap until then, in fact there is an entire Twitter thread dedicated to it! The star credits hot dogs and vodka as the key to her long life. Over the last decade, with the popularity of social media sites, Betty White has become somewhat of a pop culture icon. In a polarized climate, there is one thing all Americans agree on: Betty is the bomb. The star is probably most well known as Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls or the man crazy Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Hailing from Oak Park Illinois, Betty Marion White (Ludden) originally dreamt of being a forest ranger. In several interviews, White explained that
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when she was a little girl dreaming of being a forest ranger it was unheard of- women weren’t allowed to do that then. She has had a life-long dedication to protecting wilderness and wildlife and was proclaimed an honorary forest ranger by the U.S Forest Service in 2010. She continues to volunteer and advocate for animals and wildlife and serves on various commissions and foundations. Her family moved to California when she was a baby. Her first role as an actress occurred on a radio program called Empire Builders when she was
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