American actors (back row left to right) Valerie Harper, as Rhoda Morgenstern, Ed Asner, as Lou Grant, Cloris Leachman, as Phyllis Lindstrom, (front row, left to right) Gavin McLeod, as Murray Slaughter, Mary Tyler Moore, as Mary Richards, and Ted Knight (1923 - 1986), as Ted Baxter, pose in a group publicity photo for the CBS situation comedy 'Mary Tyler Moore,' California, 1972. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
