Valerie Harper has died on Friday morning after a long battle with brain cancer, her family confirmed to ABC .
Valerie was best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”.
She also starred in its spinoff, Rhoda from 1974 until 1978.
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In 2013, she was diagnosed with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare and incurable form of brain cancer.
She also battled lung cancer in 2009, and was given just three months to live — defying the odds.
“‘Incurable’ is such a concise word. I was terrified,” she said .
Ed Asner, Valerie’s former co-star, took to Twitter Friday evening to share his condolences.
RIP, Valerie.
