Two Days After Mary Tyler Moore’s Death, Artist Who Cast Her Sculpture Dies

Two Days After Mary Tyler Moore’s Death, Artist Who Cast Her Sculpture Dies
Gwendolyn Gillen addresses the crowd prior to the unveiling of the statue in Minneapolis, in this file photo. AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt
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MADISON, Wis.—Gwendolyn Gillen, a Wisconsin artist whose bronze sculpture of Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat became a downtown Minneapolis landmark, has died. She was 76.

Gillen’s daughter, Alessandra Gillen, says her mother died Friday in hospice care at Madison Heights Senior Community in Madison, where she had lived since 2013. Gwendolyn Gillen died two days after Moore died at the age of 80.

Life-size bronze statue of Mary Tyler Moore at the Minneapolis Visitor Center. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Life-size bronze statue of Mary Tyler Moore at the Minneapolis Visitor Center. AP Photo/Jim Mone