Diabetes Dad: No One was Better for Diabetes Causes than Mary.RIP – Diabetes Health (press release)

I wish I could say I was a friend of Mary Tyler Moores, she surely made you feel that way. There was a time when she, or her beloved husband Robert, and I would pass and a hello was stated. We knew of each other in the same battle. Shewrote a wonderful inscriptionin her book when she sent it to me to thank me on a specific project we worked on together and I will cherish it forever.

She THANKED me. Really? Like I could ever be on par with what she had done over the years. We worked together on fundraising, Washington DC advocating, and when it came to ANYTHING diabetes..rest assured Mary was there in full forcehow lucky was I to have just a little piece of life with this incredible woman.

Its not often one gets to work with an icon, with a person who has her character-genetic pool somewhere in almost every comedic character to appear on TVshe was not the bestshe was thebest of the best and she did it-while battling diabetes.

I have stated it before, and will always feel the same, no one in the celebrity world came close to do for the world of diabetes than what Mary Tyler Moore accomplished with JDRF. Her efforts were tireless over the years. She would attend events, meet with elected officials, testify before congress and yet, it was when she met those who lived like her.with diabetes, that I will remember most. The time she took to speak to them and relate to them, to tell them they would be okay..that is theMary I will remember most.

Every organization under the sun wishes they had a spokesperson the caliber of Mary Tyler Moore. Her connection with JDRF (and what was then JDF) was, and is, legendary. She loved the JDRF and thepeople involved with the organization. How fortunate they are, and were, to have Mary as part of their family. My heart goes out to the manywho worked with her at theJDRF, especially Karen Brownlee, who worked with Mary foryears as the Liaison between theJDRF and Marys people.

Mary had but one goal when it came to diabetes.to bring to the attention of the world the battle of diabetes and how important it is to one day cure it. How important it is to handle it. Perhaps if she meant something to you, you can give a donation to JDRF in her memory. Mary would want it done that way. I did. Its the least I could do for the woman who taught me to fight diabetes with as much fierceness as possible and at the same time; tryto turn the world on with a smile..which no one did better than Mary Tyler Moore

Rest in Peace friend, and thank you. Iam a DiabetesDad.

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