Emmy-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore, who brightened American television screens as the perky suburban housewife on The Dick Van Dyke Show and then as a fledgling feminist on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died on Wednesday (local time) at the age of 80, a representative said. Moore's Mary Richards character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show went even farther. Moore won two supporting actress Emmys for that show and four best-actress Emmys for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. During her time on The Mary Tyler Moore show, Moore was diagnosed with diabetes, which affected her vision in later years, and in 2011 she had a benign brain tumor removed. After the end of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Moore tried two variety shows but neither caught on.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 25, 2017 20:25 UTC