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TIL When The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered in 1961, Mary Tyler Moore was 24 years old, portraying Laura Petrie, who was 17 at the time of her marriage to Rob Petrie. Dick Van Dyke was 35, playing Rob, whose age was implied to be in his early 30’s.

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