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Mary Tyler Moore Is Mourned by Co-Stars and Other Celebrities Mary Tyler Moore Is Mourned by Co-Stars and Other Celebrities
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Mary Tyler Moore, whose iconic television roles reflected the changing place of women in 20th-century America, died on Wednesday, eliciting an outpouring of tributes on social media.Mary Tyler Moore, whose iconic television roles reflected the changing place of women in 20th-century America, died on Wednesday, eliciting an outpouring of tributes on social media.
[ Read Mary Tyler Moore’s obituary | 5 great episodes to stream ] Ms. Moore’s former co-stars and high-profile friends shared their grief and gratitude online. They included the actors Ed Asner, who played her boss at a local television station in the 1970s sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette, who co-starred with her in the 1996 movie “Flirting With Disaster,” and Michael Keaton, who appeared on her short-lived variety show “Mary.”
Much of the grief shared online came from Ms. Moore’s former co-stars and high profile friends, including the actor Ed Asner, who played her boss on the 1970s sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” and the journalist Larry King. Others remembered Ms. Moore as a role model who portrayed strong female characters onscreen. They included Ellen Degeneres, Marlee Matlin, Rachel Bloom and George Takei, all of whom described Ms. Moore as a trailblazer.
Others were people who said they saw role models in Ms. Moore and the characters she portrayed onscreen. Many of them were high-profile women like the journalist Andrea Mitchell and the actress Rachel Bloom, who both said that Ms. Moore had paved the way for their success. The comedian and actor Stephen Fry said he was rehearsing on Wednesday at the stage where “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was produced, adding that he and others observed a minute of silence in her honor.
Female journalists felt a special affinity for Ms. Moore, who played Mary Richards, a news producer at a Minneapolis television station. Female journalists felt a special affinity for Ms. Moore, who starred in that show as Mary Richards, a news producer at a Minneapolis television station.