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<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Valerie Harper, who scored guffaws and stole hearts as Rhoda Morgenstern on back-to-back hit sitcoms in the 1970s, has died. She was 80.</p><p>Longtime family friend Dan Watt confirmed Harper died Friday, adding the family wasn&#8217;t immediately releasing any further details.</p><p>Harper was a breakout star playing the lovable sidekick on &#8220;The Mary Tyler Moore Show,&#8221; then as the funny leading lady of the spinoff series, &#8220;Rhoda.&#8221;</p><p>In March 2013, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She had battled lung cancer in 2009, and her husband-manager had said recently that he&#8217;d been advised to place her in hospice.</p><p>Harper appeared on Broadway and in feature films including &#8220;Freebie and the Bean&#8221; and &#8220;Chapter Two.&#8221;</p><style>
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Valerie Harper, TV’s Rhoda, has died at 80