Mary Tyler Moore, whose witty and graceful performances on two top-rated television shows in the 1960s and \u201970s helped define a new vision of American womanhood, died on Wednesday in Greenwich, Conn. She was 80.<\/p>\n
Her family said her death, at Greenwich Hospital, was caused by cardiopulmonary arrest after she had contracted pneumonia.<\/p>\n
Ms. Moore faced more than her share of private sorrow, and she went on to more serious fare, including an Oscar-nominated role in the 1980 film \u201cOrdinary People\u201d\u009d as a frosty, resentful mother whose son has died. But she was most indelibly known as the incomparably spunky Mary Richards on the CBS hit sitcom \u201cThe Mary Tyler Moore Show.\u201d\u009d Broadcast from 1970 to 1977, it was produced by both Ms. Moore and her second husband, Grant Tinker, who later ran NBC and who died on Nov. 28.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n She could turn the world on with her smile.https:\/\/t.co\/YQ1zuMlqeH<\/a><\/p>\n — Twitter (@Twitter) January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n