Cheryl ~
Thanks for this update that we can easily relate to abased on the fact that almost everyone over a certain age can remember Mary Tyler Moore, she of the big bright smile and chipper personalit. She was the co-star of the d*** Van Dyke show (1961-66), playing 'Laura Petrie', a perky, occasionally inadvertently funny wife on a show that mirrored the then-new suburban lifestyle and, of course, her near-iconic role as the deliberately single, independent-but-insecure, charmingly optimistic and occasionally naive 'Mary Richards', news writer for fictional ' WJM TV' under the tutelage of her curmudgeon boss, the old pro, 'Lou Grant' (Ed Asner in a role he was made for). The 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' ran for seven seasons (1970-77) and I remember it well. I can recall watching it with my new bride on our black-and-white TV. It was one of our favorites. In 1980, Mary Tyler Moore co-starred in a great movie centered around a teenage boy's struggle with guilt that manifests itself in suicidal thoughts and how his upscale parents cope. Moore played a woman almost totally opposite from her perky TV characters and was outstanding, if not exactly sympathetic. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress but did not win. However, the film received a Best Picture Academy Award.
At 74, Mary Tyler Moore remains active and of course, I send good thoughts and prayers to her as she faces this surgery.
Jim