No. No. No.
The extremely talented, beloved, and gorgeous Valerie Harper just announced that she has terminal brain cancer, and if you're a human with human insides, this should destroy you.
According to People, she may have only three months to live. This is especially shocking considering Harper was just on a book tour for her memoir I, Rhoda. I'll take this sad story, which comes right on the heels of Bonnie Franklin's death from pancreatic cancer, as an opportunity to revisit her work on only the greatest sitcom of the '70s (take that, Archie!), The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
What's Rhoda Morgenstern's greatest moment, guys?
I'm going obvious here, but I have to pick the episode "Rhoda the Beautiful," where everyone starts complimenting Rhoda on her weight-loss, and she's both uncomfortable and heartened by the attention. Then Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, and her way of dealing with the event's outcome is one Rhoda's most telling, vulnerable moments. (Preparation for the contest also gives Phyllis a reason to burst into song, but Mary and Rhoda absently ignore her. Wonderful.)
What's your favorite Valerie Harper moment on MTM?
Our thoughts go out to the brilliant woman herself!
