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Not enough credit is given to Mary Tyler Moore, who passed away today at the age of 80 having suffered from diabetes and a number of other ailments. Moore basically kicked off the modern age of television with her portrayal of Mary Richards in the Mary Tyler Moore Show — a single woman on her own trying to make it as the associate producer at a TV news station in Minneapolis.
Does she get her rightful due as a comedic actor? In case you let her career slide by because you don’t have cable and you’re way too young, just YouTube the Oct.