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Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies
Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies Native NewYorker Gavin MacLeod, a popular actor on two of the biggest television hit shows of the 1970s and '80s, has died. MacLeod, who was born in Northern Westchester County, in Mount Kisco, as Allan George See and raised in Pleasantville, was age 90.  He died at his home in Palm Desert, California, after having recent health issues, his family said. MacLeod became nationally known for his role as news writer Murray Slaughter of Minneapolis TV station WJM on CBS-TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the early to mid-1970s. He then gained popularity for his starring role in 230 episo…
Area Native Valerie Harper, Who Earned Fame As TV's 'Rhoda,' Dies At 80 Area Native Valerie Harper, Who Earned Fame As TV's 'Rhoda,' Dies At 80
Area Native Valerie Harper, Who Earned Fame As TV's 'Rhoda,' Dies At 80 Hudson Valley native Valerie Harper, who achieved fame in a sidekick role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” before starring in her own, top-rated show, “Rhoda,” died on Friday, Aug. 30. She was 80. She had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, in which cancer cells invade the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain. For her work on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series three times, and later received the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on "Rhoda/" Harper was born on Aug. 22, 1939…
Lou Again: 'Mr. Grant,' Ed Asner Will Return To Ridgefield Playhouse Lou Again: 'Mr. Grant,' Ed Asner Will Return To Ridgefield Playhouse
Lou Again: 'Mr. Grant,' Ed Asner Will Return To Ridgefield Playhouse Ed Asner, best remembered for his role as Lou Grant on the the long-running television hit series, "T'he Mary Tyler Moore Show," is returning to The Ridgefield Playhouse. Asner stars in "A Man and His Prostate," a compelling comedy stage-play and true life experience of hilarious magnitude, written by Emmy Award-winner Ed Weinberger.  Asner, who has never shaken the curmudgeon personality that won everyone over as the TV news manager executes this role so well that it is only when you read the fine print that you realize that "A Man And His Prostate" is not Asn…