DonLever Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 First celebrity death of 2017. Mary Tyler Moore, iconic TV actress from the 1960's, 1970's, dead at age 80. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2017/01/25/mary-tyler-moore-dead-at-age-80-publicist-says.html from AP: NEW YORK—Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved The Mary Tyler Moore Show whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara Buxbaum. She was 80. In a career that began as Happy Hotpoint, the dancing and singing three-inch pixie in Hotpoint appliance commercials on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet in 1955 when she was 18, Moore went on to star in television and films and on Broadway. Moore gained fame in the 1960s as the frazzled wife Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the 1970s, she created one of TV’s first career-woman sitcom heroines in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her death, at Greenwich Hospital, was confirmed by the family. The cause was pneumonia. A family member said she had been removed from a respirator on Tuesday night. Moore had Type 1 diabetes since her early 30s. “She was an impressive person and a talented person and a beautiful person. A force of nature,” said producer, creator and director Carl Reiner, who created the The Dick Van Dyke Show, told The Associated Press. “She’ll last forever, as long as there’s television. Year after year, we’ll see her face in front of us.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I blame 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 25 minutes ago, DonLever said: First celebrity death of 2017. Mary Tyler Moore, iconic TV actress from the 1960's, 1970's, dead at age 80. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2017/01/25/mary-tyler-moore-dead-at-age-80-publicist-says.html from AP: Made me think of.... Oo-ee-oo I look just like Buddy HollyOh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler MooreI don't care what they say about us anywayI don't care bout that Weezer - Buddy Holly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 She was a pretty good actress all in all..she was nominted in 1981 for best actress academy award in Ordinary People...she didnt win but did a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I feel old. I just told a co-worker about this... and the reply was "Who?" Sigh. RIP MTM, and thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 RIP Mary... Used to watch her show as well as the Dick Van Dyke one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 DAMN YOU 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Rest in Peace, sweet Lady .. ** Thanks for starting the thread Don* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 2 hours ago, Kragar said: I feel old. I just told a co-worker about this... and the reply was "Who?" Sigh. RIP MTM, and thanks. You think that's bad I mentioned Marilyn Monroe in conversation to a 30 year old co-worker and got the same response. How is that even possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 50 minutes ago, nucklehead said: You think that's bad I mentioned Marilyn Monroe in conversation to a 30 year old co-worker and got the same response. How is that even possible? Reminds me of the time on a episode of Amazon Race where contestants were shown a picture of a famous woman. None of the late 20's, early 30's people could identify her. It was Jackie Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy! One of the most famous woman of the 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustapha Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 2 hours ago, nucklehead said: You think that's bad I mentioned Marilyn Monroe in conversation to a 30 year old co-worker and got the same response. How is that even possible? Well, considering she died 25 years before that co-worker was born, I could see how it's possible. I mean, what's next, getting pissed off because nobody remembers Charlie Chaplin? People fade into obscurity, even the famous ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Peaceful journeys Mary Tyler Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 23 hours ago, Mustapha said: Well, considering she died 25 years before that co-worker was born, I could see how it's possible. I mean, what's next, getting pissed off because nobody remembers Charlie Chaplin? People fade into obscurity, even the famous ones. Not pissed off, shocked and baffled. She's an enduring cultural icon that is still referenced in advertising and movies and novels. she is linked to presidents and world leaders and suspected of spying and of being killed for what she knew. To me failure to recognize this shows a serious gap in ones education. And frankly I would expect people with a grade 12 education to know about Chaplin, and Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart and James Dean. Admittedly it's been a few years since I've been to school. EDIT: Just thought I'd throw this in for good measure, from msn: Still Talking About Marilyn. Wow http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/celebrity/judy-garland’s-shocking-revelation-about-marilyn-monroe-‘she-asked-me-for-help’/ar-AAmhx71?li=AAadgLE&ocid=spartanntp I have to wonder if this is even still propaganda put out to propagate the official story. It goes on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone909 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 RIP Mary Tyler Moore Recall watching the MTM Show as a little fella years ago. As Shaky said she was a fantastic actress and Ordinary People as the bitter mother Beth Jarret is one of her many fine performances. full bio http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001546/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Thanks ObamaCare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 12 hours ago, nucklehead said: You think that's bad I mentioned Marilyn Monroe in conversation to a 30 year old co-worker and got the same response. How is that even possible? Yep, that's worse... MM is much more iconic, and if the coworker pays any attention to movie culture, that's pretty shocking. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 2 hours ago, Kragar said: Yep, that's worse... MM is much more iconic, and if the coworker pays any attention to movie culture, that's pretty shocking. Crazy. There are pop culture examples all over the place. The restaurant scene with Thurman and Travolta in Pulp Fiction, the (Snickers?) commercial with Willem Dafoe, Elton John's Candle in the Wind..... Anyone not knowing who Marilyn is, even in this day and age has been sheltered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 18 hours ago, Heretic said: Dick Van Dyke Whoa there, this is a family site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Tre Mac said: Whoa there, this is a family site. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violator Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Definitely not the first celebrity death of 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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