RULED
That North
Carolina’s state
legislative maps are
an unconstitutional
gerrymander, by a
three-judge panel in
Raleigh on Sept. 3.
SETTLED
Google, with the
Federal Trade
Commission, for
$170 million—a
record fine—over
allegations that
YouTube invaded
children’s privacy.
REACHED
An agreement “in
principle” between
the U.S. and the
Taliban, U.S. envoy
Zalmay Khalilzad
said on Sept. 2. If
the deal succeeds, it
could herald the end
of America’s longest-
running war.
ANNOUNCED
That former leaders
of the Colombian
guerrilla group FARC
will be returning
to war, they said
in a video posted
Aug. 29. The group’s
current political
leader said he is still
committed to peace.
ARRESTED
Opposition activists
who have led recent
street protests in
Moscow, by police
on Sept. 2, ahead
of local and regional
elections Sept. 8.
TARGETED
Immigrants from
other African
countries, in violent
riots in Johannesburg
on Sept. 1 and 2.
At least five people
were killed and
189 arrested.
REQUESTED
That customers no
longer openly carry
firearms in stores, by
Walmart and Kroger
on Sept. 3, following
a series of mass
shootings in the U.S.
Harper’s Rhoda headscarf—seen here in a mid-1970s publicity
still from the show—became her signature look
over The course of six decAdes in shoW business,
Valerie Harper played dozens of roles. Even after receiving a
cancer diagnosis in 2009, she kept popping up, delightfully, in
film, TV and on the stage, where she started out as a chorus girl
in the late 1950s. But the actor, who died on Aug. 30 at 80, will
be remembered most for her irresistible performance as Rhoda
Morgenstern, the mouthy, vivacious neighbor of television’s origi
nal single career girl, Mary Richards.
First on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, then as the lead in hit
spinoff Rhoda, Harper spent the ’70s embodying a relatable
foil to Moore’s aspirational hero. Like so many young women of
her generation, Rhoda—a frank, neurotic Bronx Jew with a self
deprecating sense of humor—both benefited from and struggled
with unprecedented independence. Despite her outward bravado,
she wrestled with bodyimage issues. She got married, then
survived divorce in an era when such splits remained stigmatized,
even as they were growing more common.
And if Mary Richards begat Carrie Bradshaw and Ally McBeal,
then it was Rhoda Morgenstern who paved the way for the
lovably flawed female characters who’ve ruled sitcoms for the
past decade: Liz Lemon, Mindy Lahiri, Issa Dee. Harper won
four Emmys for the role, but the awards won’t define her legacy.
Rather, she will be remembered for the estimable extent to which
she broadened and humanized the representation of women. To
see her impact, just turn on your TV.
—judy bermAn
DIED
Valerie Harper
TV’s pioneering real woman
Milestones
DIED
Peter Lindbergh
Fashion visionary
The erA of The super
model began with one image:
models Linda Evangelista,
Christy Turlington, Naomi
Campbell (in portrait below),
Cindy Crawford and Tatjana
Patitz on the cover of the
January 1990 issue of Brit
ish Vogue. The man who
brought them together was
German photographer Peter
Lindbergh, whose mono
chromatic interpretation of
highlow glamour launched
the women to international
superstardom. In doing so,
he changed the visual culture
of contemporary fashion.
Lindbergh, who died
Sept. 3 at 74, was one of the
industry’s most trusted pho
tographers. His affinity for
shooting in black and white
was as wellknown as his dis
taste for ageism and artifice.
He championed women as
they were, in strippeddown
yet elegant portraits, inti
mate images that defied the
shallowness often associ
ated with fashion. The world
may look for “perfection
and youth,” he told TIME in
2016, but beauty “is about
emotions.” Lindbergh pho
tographed the world’s most
famous faces—but in his
pursuit of real beauty, what
he was really looking for
was soul. —cAdy lAng
BOOK: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; HARPER: EVERETT; LINDBERGH: GINO BEGOTTI—CAMERA PRESS/REDUX
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