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==Legacy== A walkway at the [[Los Angeles Zoo]] was named in his memory (Betty White was a board member at the Zoo), and an artificial lake in Mineral Point was named Ludden Lake in his honor.<ref>{{cite news| title=Local men pay tribute to Allen Ludden by cleaning tombstone| newspaper=[[Dodgeville Chronicle]]| date=June 20, 2013| last=Bechen| first=Brooke| access-date=August 24, 2018| url=http://www.thedodgevillechronicle.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=8&ArticleID=3884}}</ref> Betty White also donated a Labrador Retriever named "Ludden" to Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, California, in memory of her late husband.<ref>{{cite web| title=Stories: Shelley Rhodes| website=Guide Dogs for the Blind| url=http://www.guidedogs.com/site/PageServer?pagename=stories_srhodes| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072247/http://www.guidedogs.com/site/PageServer?pagename=stories_srhodes| archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> Ludden's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] is located on the north side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard, next to Betty White's.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Townsend |first1=Dorothy |title=Allen Ludden |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/allen-ludden/ |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> White accepted Ludden's posthumous star on April 19, 1987, during an appearance on ''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gowers |first1=Bruce |title=Betty White |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7758078/ |website=imdb.com |access-date=3 April 2021 |date=19 April 1987}}</ref> The star was formally unveiled in a ceremony on March 31, 1988.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 31, 1988|title=Allen Ludden gets posthumous star on Walk of Fame|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/03/31/Allen-Ludden-gets-posthumous-star-on-Walk-of-Fame/2978575787600/|access-date=3 April 2021|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> When Betty White was asked in an interview on ''[[Larry King Live]]'' whether she would remarry, she said, "Once you've had the best, who needs the rest?"<ref>{{cite news| last=Weiss| first=Shari| title=Betty White: Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan are 'ungrateful' actors who 'abuse' their fame| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/betty-white-charlie-sheen-lindsay-lohan-ungrateful-actors-abuse-fame-article-1.111942| access-date=January 18, 2014| newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]| date=April 9, 2011}}</ref> She never remarried and died in 2021 at age 99.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leopold |first1=Todd |title=Betty White, beloved and trailblazing actress, dies at 99 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/31/entertainment/betty-white-obituary/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=January 9, 2022 |date=December 31, 2021}}</ref>
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