Actress and icon Mary Tyler Moore has passed away at the age of 80.
In a statement, her rep Mara Buxbaum remembered the legendary actress:
Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine. A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile.
“I think Mary Tyler Moore has probably had more influence on my career than any other single person or force,” said lifelong fan Oprah Winfrey in a recent PBS documentary about the actress.
Beyond TMTMS, the actress was known for her starring role in “The Dick Van Dyke Show,”and her 1980 portrayal of a wealthy mother whose son is killed in the film Ordinary People, for which she received an Oscar nomination.
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She won seven Emmy awards during her long and celebrated career, and we’ll be sure to re-watch Flirting with Disaster tonight for the 1,225th time.
We’ll leave you with arguably the most celebrated moment from “The Mary Tyler Moore,” taken from the season six episode “Chuckles Bites The Dust”:
https://youtu.be/92I04DkMEps
Xzamilloh
A great icon… I loved watching the Mary Tyler Moore show on Nick at Nite as a kid. She has a long legacy in television so she will live on forever in reruns. Condolences to her family.
ivanw222
We watched The Mary Tyler Moore Show when I was a kid. Back then it was must see TV, before there was “must see TV”. The show was set in my home town of Minneapolis, and some of the buildings still stand, including the house used for the exterior of her home. She has always held a special place in our hearts for putting Minneapolis on America’s RADAR. Thank you so much for all the laughter and warmth.
Ivan
NateOcean
2017, I hate you already.
Neville
Why? This is sad, but it’s a part of life. Let’s not treat 2017 like 2016, and let’s just remember how amazing Mary Tyler Moore was.
He BGB
They say she was more like the mother in Ordinary People than Mary Richards.
russ_klettke
Maybe most of life is more like Ordinary People than the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Prinny
2017 promises to be even better than 2016
kurt_t
She (and whoever the ghostwriter was) wrote a memoir called After All. It was hilarious. I was a teenager when MTMS went off the air. That show was my life. Then when I left home and experienced the pre-Internet gay dating world, I kept meeting guys like me, who’d grown up watching the show, and they all viewed the world through the Mary Tyler Moore Show lens. It was kind of like the gay Meyers Briggs test. And Lord help you if you were a Rhoda. I ended up marrying a borderline Georgette with just enough Sue Anne Nivens to keep things interesting.
Arconcyyon
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sfbeast
Ro-obbbb! Another delightful entertainer lost. Sad sad sad.
Jacques
I loved her and still watch her shows to this day. I will miss her wit. RIP Mary. You were a major part of my life.
Sillimc
Spent every Saturday night watching the MTMS she was a devoted loving dignified individual who always made me laugh, along with the Carol Burnett show. RIP Mary.
MacAdvisor
As the video makes clear, “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.”
Sorta says it all. She really did make it after all and made it big.
Doughosier
She’ll live forever in reruns.
Sluggo2007
When her show was on, people stayed home to watch it.
radiooutmike
So, I was only 3 when MTM came out and 10 by the time it went off the air. But I remember watching that show with my Dad, and him doing a great impression her “Oh, Lou…” or “But, Mr. Grann-nt”. It was also great to see her when I was a child in reruns of the Dick Van Dyke Show.
She was the perfect woman when I was kid, certainly better than my own mother. She showed me that women could be capable, beautiful, compassionate and funny. Sexy as all hell too!
I’ll miss her.