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warrior1

(12,325 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:02 AM Mar 2013

Ahh nooo. Valerie Harper, TV's Rhoda, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer

http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/03/06/17208312-valerie-harper-tvs-rhoda-diagnosed-with-terminal-brain-cancer?lite

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Ahh nooo. Valerie Harper, TV's Rhoda, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer (Original Post) warrior1 Mar 2013 OP

oh, no, indeed. makes me sad to learn this, have always liked her. niyad Mar 2013 #1

Me too. She was one of the first non-thin strong females on TV. catbyte Mar 2013 #5

What an iconic personna Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #2

Yeah Rhoda and Mary were inspiring... bettyellen Mar 2013 #4

This really saddened me this AM... She was diagnosed with lung CA in '09, despite never smoking... hlthe2b Mar 2013 #3

niyad

(113,336 posts)

1. oh, no, indeed. makes me sad to learn this, have always liked her.

Reply to warrior1 (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:06 AM

Mar 2013

catbyte

(34,402 posts)

5. Me too. She was one of the first non-thin strong females on TV.

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:09 PM

Mar 2013

I could identify--especially with the "non-thin" part. I wasn't fat, I just wasn't skinny, LOL. I was a tween-to-teen in the late 1960's, so I remember her very very well.

Helen Reddy

(998 posts)

2. What an iconic personna

Reply to warrior1 (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:08 AM

Mar 2013

she was for me as a kid. Strong women characters were just coming along.

Hope she beats the odds.

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

4. Yeah Rhoda and Mary were inspiring...

Reply to Helen Reddy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:27 AM

Mar 2013

Sad.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)

3. This really saddened me this AM... She was diagnosed with lung CA in '09, despite never smoking...

Reply to warrior1 (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:10 AM

Mar 2013

She was treated so poorly back in the '80s by the network... but fought back.

May she enjoy her days as much as is possible and as free of pain as can be achieved.

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