Mary Tyler Moore, famed TV icon from the 1960’s and 1970’s, has passed away at 80. According to her rep Mara Buxbaum:
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.
TMZ reports she had been on a respirator for a week. That sucks.
Moore made a name for herself on The Dick Van Dyke Show, then starred on her own show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was a seven time Emmy winner and also earned an Oscar nominee for Ordinary People.
Please don’t take Betty White, please don’t take Betty White.