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 Miami-Dade may have made a $400 million mistake. She put herself on the casino ban list. Then she won a jackpot. A day after Scott Pelley unloaded on 60 Minutes bosses, he is out. UK teen was stabbed—then placed under arrest. Report an error