TV Icon Mary Tyler Moore Dead At 80
We have sad news to report today as TV legend Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80. You may remember her from such iconic shows as ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ or her self titled sitcom ‘Mary Tyler Moore‘. She was a pioneer for women’s rights on television and she will be missed. Feel free to share your favorite Mary Tyler Moore moments AFTER THE JUMP.
“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,” her rep Mara Buxbaum told The Huffington Post in a statement.
Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1936 and grew up in Los Angeles, rose to international fame starring on the 1960s sitcom “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” She later starred on the beloved 1970s sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which is one of the first shows to feature a never-married, working woman as its central character. Moore played single, 30-year-old TV news producer Mary Richards.
The show, which featured Moore’s character asking for equal pay to her male co-worker and going on the pill, became a paradigm of the women’s liberation movement and is credited with inspiring women to break the mold confining them as wives and homemakers.
