Associated Press file photoActress Mary Tyler Moore is shown as TV news producer Mary Richards in a scene from the "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Aug. 1970
Associated Press file photoThis May 25, 1964 file photo shows Dick Van Dyke, left, and Mary Tyler Moore, co-stars of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" backstage at the Palladium with their Emmys for best actor and actress in a series at the Television Academy's 16th annual awards show, in Los Angeles. Moore died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at age 80.
Image provided by CBS, Pioneer Press FileUndated black and white photo of Mary Tyler Moore, center left, in a production still from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," which aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977. Also pictured are actors Ed Asner, left, as her brusque boss, Lou Grant; Ted Knight as the arrogant anchorman Ted Baxter; and Gavin MacLeod, right, as the jaded writer Murray Slaughter. Often considered one of the most literate sitcoms of its era, "Mary Tyler Moore" was also one of the first sitcoms to have a single working woman as the lead character. Its appeal was often attributed to its feminist consciousness, with Moore playing a fictional Minneapolis assistant TV news producer named Mary Richards who navigates a career, friendships and single life.
David Smith, Associated Press fileThis May 22, 1966 file photo shows actress Mary Tyler Moore and her husband Grant Tinker at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Moore died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at age 80.
Image provided by CBS, Pioneer Press FileMary Tyler Moore throws her tam in the air in the opening scene of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," which aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977. Moore played a fictional Minneapolis assistant TV news producer named Mary Richards who navigates a career, friendships and single life.
Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune via APAlyssa Leary, of Minneapolis, placed flowers at the base of a life-size bronze statue of Mary Tyler Moore at the Minneapolis Visitor Center Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Moore, 80, died Wednesday. The statue depicts her tossing her tam into the air as she did in the opening credits of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" which featured Moore as Mary Richards working for a fictional Minneapolis television station.
Justin Sullivan, Getty ImagesFlowers sit on the actress Mary Tyler Moore's Hollywood Walk of Fame star on January 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday at a Greenwich, Connecticut hospital. She was 80 years old.
Justin Sullivan, Getty ImagesA woman leaves a message on a wreath that is placed on actress Mary Tyler Moore's Hollywood Walk of Fame star on January 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Actress Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday at a Greenwich, Connecticut hospital, she was 80 years old.
Justin Sullivan, Getty ImagesA man takes a picture of a wreath that is placed on actress Mary Tyler Moore's Hollywood Walk of Fame star on January 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Actress Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday at a Greenwich, Connecticut hospital, she was 80 years old.
Chris Pizzello, Associated Press fileThis Sept. 21, 2008 file photo shows Mary Tyler Moore at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Moore died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at age 80.
Diane Bondareff, Pedigree via APIn this photo released by Pedigree, actresses Mary Tyler Moore, left, and Bernadette Peters hold adoptable dog Wishbone, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at The Pedigree Dogstore in New York, during an event to raise funds and awareness for dog adoption.
Susan Walsh, Associated Press fileActress Mary Tyler Moore waits to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Type 1 Diabetes Research.
Cheryl A. Meyer, Star Tribune via APThis photo taken in 1996 shows Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat up as she revisits the Minneapolis Kenwood neighborhood house which was her television "home" for the television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show some 25 years ago.
Joe Rossi, Pioneer Press fileMary Tyler Moore tosses her tam into the air after the unveiling of a statue capturing her flinging her tam in Minneapolis, Wednesday, May 8, 2002. A crowd of about 2,000 gathered for the unveiling at 7th St. and Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, where Moore originally twirled in the opening for her 1970's television hit, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
Associated Press file photoMary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke pose together following a press conference announcing their reunion in a new television adaptation of the play, "The Gin Game," part of the drama series "PBS Hollywod Presents," in Los Angeles' Hollywood district Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003. The production marks the first time that Moore and Van Dyke have acted together since their original teaming in the classic comedy series "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in the 1960s. The show is set to air in Spring, 2003.
Vince Bucci, Associated Press fileThis Jan. 8, 2012 file photo shows actress Mary Tyler Moore at the taping of "Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute To America's Golden Girl" in Los Angeles. Moore died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at age 80.
E.J. Flynn, Associated Press fileMary Tyler Moore is seen at the 14th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame Awards in Los Angeles in this Feb. 27, 1999 file photo. Mary Tyler Moore and Christopher Reeve teamed up to urge President Bush to allow federal funding for research using embryonic stem cells.
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Actress Mary Tyler Moore is shown as TV news producer Mary Richards in a scene from the "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Aug. 1970
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Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday at a Greenwich, Connecticut hospital. She was 80 years old. Often considered one of the most literate sitcoms of its era, “Mary Tyler Moore” was also one of the first sitcoms to have a single working woman as the lead character. Its appeal was often attributed to its feminist consciousness, with Moore playing a fictional Minneapolis assistant TV news producer named Mary Richards who navigates a career, friendships and single life.
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