Well, according to Mary Tyler Moore’s widow, Dr. Robert Levine, Mary was suffering from eye issues and blindness for at least 30 years before she died. Apparently her significant visual loss actually started to manifest in the late ’80s and the sitcom legend “hid” it “very well” from the public. The late sitcom legend’s eyesight difficulties stemmed from being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just 34 years old. And we have the interview clip of Mary’s widow revealing her big secret.
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