“When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates,” she told USA Today in 2009.
Actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80.
She was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 33 years old when she began starring in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which told the story of a young, independent woman working in a Minneapolis newsroom.
The seven-time Emmy Award winner battled diabetes over the years and has been breathing through a respirator for more than a week, a source told TMZ.