Obituary
Valerie Harper, ‘Rhoda’ in Hit ’70s Television Shows, Dies at 80
- Her work on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ led to a spinoff show
- She was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2013
Valerie Harper, whose work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” earned a spinoff program for her character, the outspoken New Yorker Rhoda Morgenstern, has died. She was 80.
Harper, who turned 80 just over a week ago, died Friday morning after battling cancer, her husband Tony Cacciotti said through their daughter Cristina’s Twitter account. People magazine reported in March 2013 that Harper, who overcame lung cancer in 2009, had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.