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When I was 13, I got to visit the set of the Dick Van Dyke show during a rehearsal for an episode to be filmed later in the week.

I loved the Dick Van Dyke show, and it was an unbelievable thrill for me to actually visit the set, watch the rehearsal and meet the cast.

They were all so nice to me, and Mary Tyler Moore signed an autograph "Lotsa love."

18 months ago, I watched my beloved girlfriend die of cancer and go through the same kinds of symptoms that Mary Tyler Moore is going through, according to this article. So awful.

Mary Tyler Moore was wonderful and will be missed.

1 posted on 08/05/2014 2:06:33 PM PDT by Maceman
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I am sorry for your loss.

I saw a picture of MTM on the front of National Enquirer in the grocery store the other day. She looked horrible.

Dementia steals one’s soul from them.

‘Pod.


2 posted on 08/05/2014 2:09:34 PM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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God bless Miss Moore. If she accomplished nothing in her life but make people happy and laugh, she will have achieved a rich legacy.


3 posted on 08/05/2014 2:10:05 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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So very sorry to hear of your loss!

Yes, The Dick Van Dyke Show was a seminal American comedy. And she was sooo very beautiful on that show. She was born to be photographed in black and white.

4 posted on 08/05/2014 2:12:05 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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Very sorry for your loss and saddened about MTM. Age gets us all but I hope my body gives out before my mind. Blessings to all.


5 posted on 08/05/2014 2:15:25 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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So sorry for your loss. I would not be able to soldier on if I lost my child.


7 posted on 08/05/2014 2:16:34 PM PDT by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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8 posted on 08/05/2014 2:19:43 PM PDT by Maceman
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When Mart Tyler Moore dies she’ll be taking a chunk of my childhood with her.


9 posted on 08/05/2014 2:20:26 PM PDT by vladimir998
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For a long time I’ve thought “She always looks sad”. Even when Dick Van Dyke accepted an award with her a year ago on stage, and gave her a kiss on the cheek, Mary looked very down. I have not seen Mary T. Moore smile and really show happiness in years. Now I understand that her melancholy may have begun as far back as 1980, when her son Richie committed suicide.
Even with a devoted parent as Mary seemed to be, it’s not easy being a child of a very famous person, just ask Desi Arnaz Jr. who had a long alcohol problem.


10 posted on 08/05/2014 2:21:09 PM PDT by lee martell
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Truly she was a part my “youth”.


11 posted on 08/05/2014 2:23:14 PM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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I'm so sorry about your loss.

Mary Tyler Moore is a comedic genius. Thank goodness she has her husband with her now, during this sad time of her life. Poor man.

12 posted on 08/05/2014 2:23:39 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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God Bless MTM.


14 posted on 08/05/2014 2:27:45 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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My girlfriend and I pretty much appeared like this for Halloween in 1980. I loved the Dick Van Dyke show, and MTM was so perfect for that show. So sad to see her come to the end of wonderful life.

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19 posted on 08/05/2014 2:31:06 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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The tragic end of life for both of my beloved 70’s icons James Garner and now MTM is truly saddening. Makes me appreciate that both my parents (84 and 75) are alive and healthy.


22 posted on 08/05/2014 2:32:23 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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Elvis Presley stated that he had slept with everyone of his co stars except one - Mary Tyler Moore.


24 posted on 08/05/2014 2:33:22 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. Eccl 10,v 19)
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“It’s heartbreaking to see her like this – wasting away as she is – but it’s the end for Mary. She’s almost completely blind and deaf.”

For Christ's sake, let her be.....stop the ghoulish play by play and let her time come while in peace with her family

28 posted on 08/05/2014 2:36:02 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Is there such a thing as a vegan zombie?)
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I’m sorry for the loss of your girlfriend :-(


31 posted on 08/05/2014 2:38:22 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Sorry for your loss. MTM was young at 77. May she rest in peace with our King. The real One.


32 posted on 08/05/2014 2:45:00 PM PDT by mgist (.)
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Since when do we post from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER? No Infowars, but National Enquirer is legit?


34 posted on 08/05/2014 2:47:18 PM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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Carl Reiner..who created, and often starred and directed in the show, lived in New Rochelle, on BonnieMeadow Lane..and that's where he had the Petries live. There actually is a real Bonnie Meadow Lane in New Rochelle, and at the height of the show's popularity..there'd be fans driving up and down the block at all hours...

The entire supporting cast was awesome...more so because VanDyke never felt compelled to be the "star"..he gave them the ability to start as well..

36 posted on 08/05/2014 2:51:04 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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She was such a beautiful young woman.

She recently made a cameo appearance on TV Land’s sitcom Hot In Cleveland. Re-uniting with former co-stars Betty White, Georgia Engel, Cloris Leachman and Valerie Harper. MTM did not look good, but she managed to get through her scenes. I was quite impressed as I had heard the same news that she had gone blind.

Val Harper also continues to struggle against a brain tumor.


37 posted on 08/05/2014 2:54:26 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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