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Valerie Harper

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…