Mary Tyler Moore
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore make millions laugh, but she also changed the way Americans perceive women. Starting on The Dick Van Dyke Show, her role as an unmarried woman striving for a career was ahead of its time. However, she wasn’t so lucky later in life due to Type 1 diabetes and a brain tumor.
The below photo was taken of her at LAX airport in April 2013, which ended up being one of her last public appearances. On January 25th, 2017, she passed away from complications involving pneumonia and cardiac arrest at the age of 80.