Dan T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 From the LA Times: Mary Tyler Moore, the multiple Emmy-winning actress who first charmed TV viewers on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the 1960s and became a beloved TV icon who could “turn the world on with her smile” on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s, has died. She was 80. In a career that began as Happy Hotpoint, the dancing and singing 3-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. In 1981, she received an Academy Award nomination for best actress for her portrayal of the emotionally cold mother in “Ordinary People,” the Robert Redford-directed drama about an upper-middle-class family dealing with the death of its eldest son in a boating accident with his brother. The unsympathetic, dark role was a departure for Moore, who remains best known for her light touch in two classic situation comedies that, together, earned her six Emmy Awards. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mary-tyler-moore-20170125-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 RIP MTM. 2016 rears it's ugly head again. She's the second celeb to pass in last day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoDus84 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Just now, Rdskns2000 said: 2016 rears it's ugly head again. She's the second celeb to pass in last day. Who else passed? RIP MTM. Screen legend, and a total fox back in her day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Damn. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Well shoot. Amazing life and career and, as mentioned, stunningly gorgeous in her prime. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Was a fine actress with a great sense of comedic timing. I enjoyed watching her shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Starting to count the years for myself. I am pretty sure that I have seen every episode of Dick Van Dyke. She was on top of being a cutie, a pretty good comedian. I need to find the secret that George Burns had...lively until the day. Drink a bit, smoke a bit...and then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 RIP Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 All the people we grew up watching is getting up there in age. RIP MTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesburgSkinFan Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 hour ago, ExoDus84 said: Who else passed? RIP MTM. Screen legend, and a total fox back in her day. Butch Trucks from "The Allman Brothers". http://buffalonews.com/2017/01/25/farewell-brother-butch-trucks-1947-2017/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Hail and RIP, Mare. You were a true inspiration to women and young girls around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Redskins Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Wow. Such a great lady Ed Asher had outlived MTM. Who the hell would have guessed that? dude looked old 50 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 All of the above. I was a kid during the original Dick Van Dyke show, and she was a first crush. Enjoyed everything she ever did, all great work. An amazing lady. ****ing **** this year sucks in some serious ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 You finally made it after all. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zguy28 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 RIP. The Dick Van Dyke show was arguably one of the greatest sitcoms EVER. And a large part of it was her. Sad to hear. Does anybody else find it surreal and sobering to look back at old TV or movies and see how folks were when they were so young, and then you see them pass at 80? Isaiah 40:6-7 (ESV) A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?”All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANDWARF Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 RIP Ms Moore! #diabetessuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 I saw an interesting article this morning about that famous theme song to her iconic sitcom ... ...it has a very interesting background. It was written by a guy named Sonny Curtis. Curtis was an original member of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, wrote a bunch of rock n. roll songs, including "I Fought the Law and the Law Won," and is in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. (That seemed wild and weird to me - the same guy who wrote Mary's theme song also wrote I Fought the Law.) He wrote the theme song in about two hours having only sketchy information on what the show was going to be about. Here's a link to the article. It links to some pretty good covers of the song by Husker Du and Joan Jett: https://www.yahoo.com/music/how-mary-tyler-moores-theme-song-love-is-all-around-became-a-feminist-anthem-and-an-instant-tv-classic-230907737.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 2:52 PM, ExoDus84 said: Who else passed? RIP MTM. Screen legend, and a total fox back in her day. On 1/25/2017 at 4:20 PM, Rdskns2000 said: Butch Trucks from "The Allman Brothers". http://buffalonews.com/2017/01/25/farewell-brother-butch-trucks-1947-2017/ Sir John Hurt also passed away the other day. I believe he was 77. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/01/27/john-hurt-obituary/97167926/ As did Barbara Hale, who played Della Street in the classic "Perry Mason" TV show. She was 94. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/01/28/perry-mason-actress-barbara-hale-dies-at-94/97172794/ As did "Mannix" star Mike Connors. He was 91. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/01/26/mike-connors-mannix-leukemia-died/97120838/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I loved Perry Mason and her character. I was hoping they would do a similar show and as close as some have come...not the same as that show. RIP. And then John Hurt also...ugh this year is not starting out strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Kosher Ham said: I loved Perry Mason and her character. I was hoping they would do a similar show and as close as some have come...not the same as that show. RIP. And then John Hurt also...ugh this year is not starting out strong. Yeah, it is just getting to that time where a lot of stars we knew from TV shows of the '60s and '70s we watched as kids (whether in prime time or in syndication later) are getting really old and passing away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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