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On Wednesday afternoon, news of actress Mary Tyler Moore’s death hit the airwaves. Moore died at age 80 in Connecticut. The groundbreaking sitcom actress starred in two of the most iconic shows in TV history, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Both shows are reflective time capsules of the age during which they were broadcast and remain popular among TV fans to this day.
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RELATED: The world mourns the sudden passing of actress and television icon Mary Tyler Moore
Following news of her death, scores of famous folk took to Twitter to say goodbye to one of the women who changed television.
“Mary Tyler Moore changed the world for all women. I send my love to her family,” comedian Ellen Degeneres wrote on Twitter.
RIP Mary Tyler Moore 🙏🏼❤🙏🏼
Here's to more strong women like you who continue to trailblaze & make the world laugh! pic.twitter.com/konCHEcoUj— Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) January 25, 2017
"Who can turn the world on with her smile…" #MaryTylerMoore may she rest.
— Uzo Aduba (@UzoAduba) January 25, 2017
Mary Tyler Moore changed the world for all women. I send my love to her family.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 25, 2017
Many who chose to share photos of Moore, including young actress Victoria Justice, thanked Moore for being a trailblazer and for making the world laugh.
RIP #MaryTylerMoore – TV & film star, tireless defender of animals, and scourge of diabetes. Truly she turned the world on with her smile… https://t.co/dDzB2YGoOe
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) January 25, 2017
I truly loved #MaryTylerMoore. I got to tell her once in person: You gave us endless hours of utter joy. We owe you a zillion smiles. https://t.co/4njbHCUqc5
— Richard Schiff (@Richard_Schiff) January 25, 2017
“RIP Mary Tyler Moore Here’s to more strong women like you who continue to trailblaze & make the world laugh!”
Mary Tyler Moore will always be immortalized in Minnesota. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones today. https://t.co/FpJ5EUEOCn pic.twitter.com/x8dKH7g21v
— U.S. Senator Al Franken (@SenFranken) January 25, 2017
I agree w/ Oprah #MaryTylerMoore influenced my career more than any other tv role model. She indeed turned on the world with her smile
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) January 25, 2017
That shift in the Earth you just felt? That crater that is left behind? That is the legacy of the incomparable #marytylermoore RIP 2 an icon
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) January 25, 2017
RIP Ms. Moore. Thank u for showing a young me it was ok to be strong, single, feisty, rebellious & free. You were my beacon #MaryTylerMoore https://t.co/i9LSXG6zFC
— Elizabeth Perkins (@Elizbethperkins) January 25, 2017
TV Icon and groundbreaker #MaryTylerMoore has passed. She broke through our TV screens and showed that a powerful woman can be funny. RIP. pic.twitter.com/eUY6SkP6Tr
— Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) January 25, 2017
