Moore died Wednesday, Jan. AP Photo, File. Moore died Wednesday with her husband and friends nearby, her publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said. She was She had battled diabetes for many years. In , she underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor on the lining of her brain. With her unerring gift for comedy, Moore seemed perfectly fashioned to the smarter wit of the new, post-Eisenhower age. Laura was a dream wife and mother, but not perfect. The show was filled with laughs. But no episode was more memorable than the bittersweet finale when new management fired the entire WJM News staff — everyone but the preening, clueless anchorman, Ted Baxter.

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Inspired by The Farewell director Lulu Wang 's call to action at the Independent Spirit Awards, we celebrate women filmmakers working in their field. Watch the video. Sherry Ferris, the prostitute with who Mary once shared a jail cell when Mary wouldn't reveal a news source, comes by asking for that favor that Mary promised within general chit-chat back at the jail cell. Sherry, once again arrested, wants Mary to be a character witness at her court appearance. Mary agrees. It ends up not being that simple, as Mary swears in court that she will look after Sherry and help her look for a legitimate job. Sherry doesn't want to hold Mary to that promise, as Sherry doesn't believe she can get a legitimate job with her background and lack of marketable job skills, but Mary takes her oath seriously.
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Mary Tyler Moore, one of the most beloved and honored actresses in television history, died Wednesday in a Greenwich, Connecticut, hospital. Moore, who had been the CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 33, and had struggled with the effects of the disease in recent years. In , Moore underwent brain surgery to remove a benign tumor. A cause of death was not immediately given, although various reports said she had recently contracted pneumonia, and had died from cardiac arrest. A striking brunette with the poise and grace of the dancer she had trained to become, Moore was not destined to command prime time by merely her looks or poise, but with that grace which was hard to define — generations of critics and casual fans certainly tried. Moore combined frailty with strength, vulnerability with resolve. But if her core was difficult to locate, it was also the source of her power and mystery as an actress. I felt at home with these people, felt comfortable, loved and supported.
Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. With a carefree toss of a black beret — into the downtown Minneapolis winter wind — Mary Tyler Moore captured the hearts of millions of TV viewers. That opening scene from her hit s sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, cemented an image in our minds that would never fade away. Moore was the girl next door, the colleague at the next desk, the neighbor in the apartment just below.