Celebrity | Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore to Undergo Brain Surgery Rep says the procedure is 'fairly routine' By Evann Gastaldo Posted May 12, 2011 11:26 AM CDT Copied In this July 11, 2009 file photo, actress Mary Tyler Moore attends Broadway Barks 11 in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file) Mary Tyler Moore will undergo brain surgery, her rep tells People. A meningioma, a benign tumor on the brain's lining tissue, will be removed. Her rep says Moore's neurologist "has been monitoring this for years" and that the procedure is "fairly routine." Click for a recent appearance Moore made on the Rachel Ray Show, in which she reunited with Dick Van Dyke. Read These Next One critical island in Iran has remained unscathed in airstrikes. Iran's new supreme leader is said to already have war wounds. For the first time in decades, team pulls out of World Cup. Retired general, UFO expert has been missing for 11 days. Report an error