Mary Tyler Moore dies aged 80

[Babydoll Chanel]

S Emmy award-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore has died aged 80, her publicist says.

She was best known for her television roles in the 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show and the eponymous The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1970s.

She was also nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1980 for the film Ordinary People.

Mara Buxbaum said in a statement she died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr S. Robert Levine.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Moore moved to Los Angeles when she was eight years old and started her career in show business as a dancer aged 17.

Her first appearance was in a Hotpoint advert in the 1950s, dressed as an elf.

But her parts grew in size during that decade, before she landed the role of wife Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1961.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38747061

 

[Rouge H]

RIP❤ You truly turned the world on with your smile!

 

[mkr]

I watched both those shows when I was little. She was funny. RIP Mary.

 

[BagOuttaHell]

RIP to a legend.

 

[19flowers]

she was one of my favorites -- RIP MTM

 

[kemilia]

Rest in Peace, Mary. You made capri pants rock!

 

[sdkitty]

she was really a huge influence...rip mary

 

[berrydiva]

She was an icon!

 

[gelbergirl]

RIP MTM

 

[Love Of My Life]

RIP.. you were one of a kind!!!

 

[alansgail]

I loved Mary Tyler Moore, what sad news this is

 

[HandbagDiva354]

Luv her![emoji173]️️ R.I.P.

 

[Luvbolide]

Loved her - she will be long remembered.

 

[twin-fun]

I'm sorry to hear this. RIP, Mary

 

[bagarella]

When I came home for summer breaks from college I remember MTM being on nick at night and I use to watch it and think about how ground breaking the show must have been when it was first on and how it was still making an impact on me as I was transitioning into an independent woman
May she rest in peace.