Today Mary Tyler Moore turned 75 years old, but to many of us Americans we remember her as the forever young woman who had the ability to completely conquer the world!  She had looks, brains and a personality from here to Alaska.  She was also her own woman at a time when that meant a whole lot more than it does today.

Before Mary Tyler Moore played the Hostess with the Mostess on the “Dick Van Dyke Show” she played the goofy little in dozens of appliance commercials.

Even the Mary Tyler Moore show was shot during the times of a different America. Everyone knew her house, and also knew the real reason why Mary moved to an apartment later in the show (how when they came back to film in later seasons the owner hung a giant “Impeach Nixon” flag outside of it).

Dick Van Dyke will reunite with his former co-star and TV wife at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.  There he will present her with the 48th Life Achievement Award.

The 86-year-old Van Dyke and Moore, 74, played Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66) before she went on to star in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

This month Betty White (of golden Girls fame) is having a party and The cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show  have announced that they will join the party.   Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod and Valerie Harper  will relive the magic and be there to party.

What is your fondest memory of Mary Tyler Moore?

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One of the four titular Golden Girls, Rue McClanahan, died early today at the age of 76.

McClanahan reportedly passed away at 1am, after what her manager Barbara Lawrence said was a “massive stroke.” Of McClanahan’s death, Lawrence says:

…at the time of her death Thursday, McClanahan “had her family with her. She went in peace.”

The actress played the racy senior citizen Blanche Deveraux on the popular 80s sitcom Golden Girls, which ran from 1985 until 1992. Estelle Getty, the actress that played Sophia, died in 2008. Bea Arthur, who portrayed Dorothy on the show, passed away in 2009. McClanahan’s death leaves Betty White, who was Rose on the Golden Girls, as the only surviving member of the show’s main cast. (White is enjoying a newfound career boost, recently hosting Saturday Night Live after a massive fan campaign.)

Funeral arrangements or plans for a memorial service have not yet been disclosed.

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I guarantee this girl has you beat.

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A spokesperson for the family of Bea Arthur has confirmed that the Golden Girls star has died at the age of 86.

Although the spokesperson wouldn’t elaborate on the cause of Bea Arthur’s death, the star has been battling cancer for an extended period of time.

During her nearly 70 year career, Bea Arthur achieved great success as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcom Maude. She also played the role of Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls. Arthur won an Emmy for both of those roles.

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