David and Martha Ludden had been both young teens when their father married White, while their youngest sibling Sarah was once just nine, in keeping with Closer Weekly. Middle child Martha reportedly took her dad's remarriage the hardest. An insider told the outlet that the 13-year-old "deeply opposed the marriage" and used to be "very angry at her father and made it clear she did not like Betty." The arguments reportedly caused a large number of grief for Ludden in the years before his loss of life. Still, White has at all times spoken of her stepchildren fondly so it sounds as if she has patched things up along with her once-angry stepdaughter.

The Ludden children all grew up to be successful. David earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and went directly to become a historical past professor at his Ivy League alma mater. Martha, in the meantime, gained her regulation level. Youngest kid Sarah dabbled in careers in audiology and dance sooner than totally switching gears and opening her personal karate school in Chicago.

Forty years after Ludden's death, White nonetheless has a close courting along with her all-grown-up stepchildren. In 2020, she even spent her 98th birthday together with her prolonged circle of relatives at her house in Brentwood, California. "She's still close with them and their children," a friend instructed Closer Weekly. "They'll order food in and have fun."

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