RIPMary Tyler Moore Laid to Rest in Private Burial

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Jan 30, 2017 5:05 pm·

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Mary Tyler Moore has been laid to rest.

Less than one week after her death, The Mary Tyler Moore Show star was honored with a small, quiet burial on Sunday, Jan. 29 in her hometown of Fairfield, CT, local paper the Connecticut Post reported.

Mary Tyler Moore’s grave in Fairfield, CT.

Her funeral was attended by about 50 guests, including close friends and family. Despite previous reports that big stars — like her longtime friend Betty White — were planning to attend the service, the only recognizable celebrity present was Bernadette Peters, who was Mary’s co-star in the 1990 TV movie The Last Best Year.

MORE: Mary Tyler Moore Dead at 80: Listen to ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Theme Song to Remember the Late Star

After a brief service that started at 11 a.m., the cemetery was open to the public so that fans could pay their respects. Fairfield Police Lt. James Perez witnessed the proceedings and commented on Mary’s lovely burial site.

“It’s nice what the family did,” Perez told the CT Post. “It was a nice little send-off for her.”

MORE: The Mary Tyler Moore Show — See the Best on Set Photos From the Memorable Series!

Scroll through the gallery below to see Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and more celebrity tributes to the late actress.

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Carol Burnett

"She will be missed. And she will always be loved," Carol said of her late friend.

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Oprah Winfrey

"What I'm grateful for is that, in my lifetime, I was able to share with her what her presence in television had meant to me as a young, growing, aspiring reporter," she told [Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/news/208532exclusiveoprahwinfreybreaksdowntearsovermarytylermooredeathshepavedtheway/)_. "It's the first time that I can recall a public figure in recent years passing — and we've lost so many people recently — where I actually sat down and shed tears about it."

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Ed Asner

"A great lady I loved and owe so much to has left us. I will miss her. I will never be able to repay her for the blessings that she gave me," the actor wrote on Twitter.

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Dick Van Dyke

"I got to be on hand and watch her grow into the talent she became. She was just the best," the actress' Dick Van Dyke Show co-star told the Hollywood Reporter. "That show was the best five years of my life."

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Ellen DeGeneres

"Mary Tyler Moore changed the world for all women. I send my love to her family," Ellen wrote on Twitter.

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Ray Romano

"From everything I hear about her she was just… who she was on camera was just who she was. She was just a great person," Ray told [Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/news/208557exclusiverayromanorevealsmarytylermooresinfluenceoneverybodylovesraymond/)_. "It’s a sad loss. She was just brilliant with the comedy… She did a lot for all of us."

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Robert Redford

"Mary's energy, spirit and talent created a new bright spot in the television landscape and she will be very much missed," he said.

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Cloris Leachman

"The picture that we all have of her, that’s how she was — sweet, kind, so tender, so delicate. She was America’s sweetheart," Cloris said. "If I could see her one last time I’d hold her in my arms and say, 'We love you.'"

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Larry King

"Mary Tyler Moore was a dear friend and a truly great person. A fighter. Rest in peace, [Mary]," Larry wrote on Twitter.

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