Mary Tyler Moore, who entertained TV viewers for decades on such iconic shows as The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at the age of 80.

Moore’s TV career began at age 18 as a singing, dancing pixie in appliance commercials in 1955. Later, along with her TV success, she starred in Broadway and cinema.

Among the awards she received over her 62-year career were six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards. The Mary Tyler Moore Show won 29 Emmys in total over its seven seasons. In 1980, she was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her role in Ordinary People. Additionally, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Comedy Awards.

In a 1998 interview, former co-star Dick Van Dyke said, “She was one of the few who could maintain her femininity and be funny at the same time. You have to go as far back as Carole Lombard or Myrna Loy to find someone who could play it that well and still be tremendously appealing as a woman.”

Michelle Obama has claimed to be inspired by The Mary Tyler Moore Show: “She was one of the few single working women depicted on television at the time. She wasn’t married. She wasn’t looking to get married. At no point did the series end in a happy ending with her finding a husband — which seemed to be the course you had to take as a woman.”

Moore was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when she was 33, which drove her to become the International Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Her health was reported to be declining recently. Several media outlets have reported that she had been placed on a respirator.