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♪ ♪ ♪ tonight, "e.t." remembers mary tyler moore. >> not just a survivor. i am a flourisher. >> one of the most beloved i n cons of all time defining modern women. >> our favorite moments with the star. ou>> y have to live for today and be really happy for what you've if got. >> mary in her own words. >> i, too, am happy after all. >> janet jackson's life as a mom and the first photos welcoming her baby. and her niece, paris jackson, hounded by paparazzi after her revealing new interview. if you want some answer, read what i wrote
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tonight." >> the tv icon who could turn the world on with a smile has passed away. >> mary moore has spent her life creating characters that felt like family, whether housewife in new york or minneapolis news reporter. >> the beloved television icon pa passed away today at age 80 surrounded by friends and her husband of over 33 years, dr. robert levin. in a statement to "e.t." her long time representative remembered her as a ground breaking actress, producer and passionate advocate for the view of ni of -- for the juvenile diabetes research. she died at greenwich hospital of cardiac arrest after suffering from pneumonia. her health had been declining the last couple of weeks. this was one of the last times she was seen in public leaving l.a.x. with her husband of
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this was the scene today on the hollywood walk of fame as the news broke fans paying tribute to a legend. >> every character i played has had a great deal of mary tyler moore in them, especially the television character. laura petri was me. laurie richards was me. ♪ ♪ who can turn the world down with a smile ♪ >> mary tyler moore starred in two of the most acclaimed shows in television history and won seven emmy's. early on she didn't plan on being an actor. >> i started out wanting to be a dancer and beneath the exterior of this successful actress beats the heart of a failed dancer. >> that's marin this 1956 commercial, the early role in the classic, the dick van cake show, mary head of her own time sparking controversy as one of the first housewives on tv to wear pants. >> how come you never dress like a girl? >> the
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make sure she only wears those pantsd on one scene perw sho see. the "mary tyler moore show" was next and america loved it. she was a role model for working women. >> it seems like you've been asking a lot of personal questions that don't have a lot to do with my qualifies for this job. >> you know what? you got spunk. >> well -- >> i hate spunk! >> the mary tyler moore show went off the air in 1977. >> it was like everybody's family. like a large family. >> the actress continued to work on tv and the movies. she was nominated for an oscar for her role in "ordinary people." >> happy? ward, you tell me the definition of happy. but first make sure your kids are good and safe. >> off camera, mary faced many challenges. during the run of the mary tyler moore show she was diagnosed
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with a chronic health condition. >> i am a diabetic. i'm one of the lucky ones. i haven't had too many terrible side effects yet. but they await me. they await everyone with diabetes. >> mary tyler moore was married three times. she found happiness in her final marriage to robert levin, a doctor 18 years her junior, they were together more than three decades. >> in my case, they really did say it wouldn't last. i'm older than robert is. he's jewish. i come from a catholic family. there were a lot of reasons for it not to work, but it did. >> mary avoiding the spotlight in her final years. this was her last big public appearance. she was honored at sag awards in 2012. >> and tonight, after having the privilege of working in this business among the most creative, and talented people imaginable, i, too, am happy. after all. >> fans of the dick van dyke
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the screen with another legendary comedian, carl reiner and we spoke with him and he shared with us. >> i spoke with her husband a day or so before she passed away. i remember telling him, i said, she may not hear you but whisper in her ear it's okay to go. you can go. >> carl reiner remembering his close friend of over 50 years. >> she had it all. >> the dick van dyke show! >> reiner was at the beginning of mary's career catapulting the 24-year-old to stardom after casting her in the dick van dyke show which he created, based on his life. >> she didn't want to come in that day because she had failed in two other interviews. at that point, i had seen 23 different girls. she worked through the door, i found her. >> he remembers the chemistry on set between costars. >> they both admitted later if they hasn't been married to other people they definitely
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>> playing dick's wife she ea earned two emmy awards and admiration of paul reiner for life. >> i'll never forget you, what you did for me. >> a friend of so many and a friend of us on "e.t.." we have much more on the way including our final meeting with mary and the day she -- >> michael jackson's daughter on the run from the paparazzi, we have the astounding video shot hours after paris claimed she was sexually assaulted and her father was murdered. >> i'm not answering any questions. if you want some answer, read what i wrote. >> paris, swarmed by the paparazzi as she arrived at l.a.x. at first it appeared she wasn't bothered by the attention while her bodyguards pushes them away. >> can you back up? >> then the encounter breaks outside into an all out chase,
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bodyguard and 31-year-old manager behind. minutes later she breaks down. >> when you were younger -- >> guys -- >> stop! >> the scene is very similar to the swarms that surrounded paris when she was a child, maxxed when ever she was in public with her dad. while we counted 11 paparazzi on the scene at l.a.x., a source tells "e.t." she was very scared. this was a learning experience for everyone and security is being stepped up. >> back up, all of you. see the girl's crying. >> minutes before the drama. the 18-year-old co-heir to a billion dollar fortune told everyone to check out her "rolling stone" article that she believes michael was murdered and she was sexually assaulted and what life was like growing up in neverland. >> you have to tell her what to say. no, you don't ask her, you tell her what to say. >> home schooled, paris says miae
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interrupt their studies and have them play hooky. at 9 she was the shoulder m.j. cried on when going through the trial. and why is paris telling all now? the "rolling stone" writer explains. >> i think she hopes talking about what she's been through will help other people going through similar things. >> one of the steady influences in pa'ris life is her aunt, janet and we have janet out and about for thefi rst time since the birth of her son. wearing glasses, her hair piled casually atop her head, the 50-year-old mom of three weeks went out shopping for her baby. he wasn't with her when she went to the high end baby boutique, blue almonds, wrapped in a blue cape and high top sneakers. it is popular with celebrities. kate middleton has been spotted there. a salesperson had no comment what
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the store's website features items like this cashmere a hoho coat for 2$277 and these pajama for about $55. janet has led a very private life since marrying 42-year-old businessman in 2012. in the past, the singer has told "e.t." about her hope to become a mother. >> and one point i wanted a lot of kids because i wanted a big family and tihen n' didt want any. >> maybe one or two. >> six years later when dating music producer dupree, she said she wanted a family with him. >> as far as having children we both would love to have kids. some day i will, exactly when, i don't know. >> orn he shopping trip there were no visible signs of bodyguards but she had a woman with her who carried her purchases out of the store. a friginhteng ski accident, rushed to the hospitalth
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the ladies of oceans 8 have been hard at work for about three months now. but now for show and tell, the last final scene. >> a big hug from executive producer sandra bullock after finishing up her -- ♪ work work work ♪ >> yes, work. rihanna's final scene is a wet one, though. an eyewitness said she stood in the rain for 30 minutes outside central park. including sarah and sandra paulson who play robbers. the movie out next year centers around a jewel heist during new york's biggest
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metropolitan museum of art met gala. you can see this accomplice handing over what we are told is a big diamond. a prime time star injured. "madam secretary" tim daly broke his right ankle and left knee. he said he did it simultaneously. how's that for talent? i'm all good. he is undergoing sryurge today and that could impact his cbs hit drama which stars his real life girlfriend, tia leone. he is expected to appear in every episode of the current third season. >> finally, beckham versus beckham. the 13-year-old son of david and victoria, following his said, you should be in school. it turned out to be his dad he trolled him with these quotes, you should be chin sool. he is on instagram. we hto
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>> and still ahead, mandy moore and her passing. what she's only telling us. >> as a woman growing up, mary tyler moore was it for me. >> mary in her own words. >> about to be mangled by betty white. >> a special look back as she reunites with her classic tv co-st co-stars. >> here we are. >> i know, sweetheart.
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on her career. i spoke to an emotional oprah minutes after the news broke of mary's passing. >> i don't know of barbara walters of anybody else in the business who had more influence on me personally. >> oh, wow. >> as a woman growing up or on my career. mary tyler moore was it for me. when i was pa young reporter in nashville, it was the thing i did every saturday night, was watch the "mary tyler moore show." i wanted to be like her. i saw myself in her, so much so that for a long time i wanted to work in minneapolis because i thought mary actually worked there. now i know it's a television set. they put up a sign that says minneapolis. every time i would see her at an event or any occasion, i would go, mary! really important place that she held andl w
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forever for me. it's the first time that i can recall a public figure in recent years passing. we've lost so many people, rece recently, where i actually sat down and shed tears about it. >> surprised you? surprised me on that show. was a life changing moment for many reasons. first of all, it's the time i coined the ugly cry. and i went into double triple overtime ugly cry. >> what do you think her legacy is going to be? >> her legacy is going to be every life that she touched through that show. her legacy is going to be that smile. listen, on that show i did a show where i was trying to imitate being mary. blowing my cap in the air. >> i remember that. i remember that. >> rip, do you believe rip
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peace peace peace, mary tyler moore. >> mary tyler moore was a force behind the camera. we are standing at the mtm studio lot where she produced sh shows. there was a 2002 reunion of all the ladies from the "mary tyler moore show". this is a rare look at mary at work, 2002 and mary had gathered her former co-stars together to breaking show.t their ground she had a hands-on approach and wanted the special to be special. >> i wanted a sense of who the people are, who played those characters are. >> the day we were there it was the sisterhood of the mary tyler show and the cast reunited and the love was all around. they rarely got to see each other. >> i live in new york and most everyone else lives in los angeles. it's not like we run into each other at the
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>> here we are. isn't it funny? >> valley harper sat down -- valerie harper sat down to share memories of rhoda, her rash friend. >> i'm mary richards. hello. >> get out of my apartment! >> which one of us looks the cutest? >> you. you've always been the cutest. >> i wonder if there's any room on the schedule for ther series of reunion. you keep rejuning week after week. >> the closest on the show was bet betty. >> they like to have their little bats and run. >> what about their little seats? >> i'm about to be mangled by betty white. >> she played the sexy tv homemaker, su ann nivens and off screen these two women had a bond never broken. >> betty
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friend and i can't think of anybody i feel more comfortable with sitting around chatting with anybody but her. >> we were lucky enough to spend so much time with the tv icon and we want to share with you the last time we visited with mary when she was surrounded by so many people who meant so much to her life and career. >> my mother and father were very very funny witty sharp people. i never dreamed that iwo uld be able to be doing that as my life's work. >> mary was grateful to be back with her "mary tyler moore show" co-stars when we last saw her. they reunited for an episode of ho in cleveland in 2013. we asked how it felt to have the gang back together. >> it's wonderful but it makes me sad, too. it makes me feel, why don't i have this in my current life? where are all these friends and buddies and co-workers and people who loved each other?
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>> mary always had fond memories of the show that made her a household name. >> it was so beautifully written, it was a joy to play. >> i'm one of those incredibly lucky people who had one good experience after another and i never had to fight and scratch and claw and do all those things they do at cosmopolitan. >> mary was a true friend at "e.t.." we interviewed her dozens of times over the years. looking back with our time with mary, one thing we noticed, mary tyler moore always believed in looking forward and not back. >> you have to learn to live for today and be really happy for what you've got. i know no other way. i am not just a survivor, i am a flouri flourisher. >> mary tyler moore was 80 years old. she was called a once in a generation talent adding she will long be remembered as a gifted actress, television pioneer and role model for so many. cbs has lost one of the very best to ever grace our
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s it' always better to walk in someone else's gucci loafer. >> it's coming back. time op on"e.t e.t." new des of the passing of mary tyler moore. tomorrow on "e.t." >> mary tylermore was a pioneer that helped pave the way for all women. >> no doubt. we can crutruly agree mary was icon. she was as humbled and talent
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