Harper's daughter Cristina Harper Cacciotti spoke out about her mother's death on behalf of her father Tony Cacciotti on Twitter writing, "My dad has asked me to pass on this message: 'My 1 year ago. Tony Cacciotti and Valerie Harper's daughter, Cristina Cacciotti, was legally adopted a few years into their 1987 marriage and it was the best decision her parents made. Until Valerie's death in 2019, the duo maintained a strong mother-daughter bond. "A lot of times, we'd be dancing more than working," Cristina recalled Valerie Harper and husband Tony Cacciotti in 2013. (Photo: Jerod Harris/WireImage) Born in Suffern, N.Y., on Aug. 22, 1939, Harper began her career as a Broadway dancer and chorus girl, Ms. Harper won a wrongful termination suit against Lorimar Television, the production company, and was awarded compensatory damages variously reported at between $1.4 million and $1.85 million, as At the time, Valerie met Tony Cacciotti, an American actor and producer who was once a former celebrity personal trainer. Lucky for Val, it wasn't long before Tony, also 79, had the weights in Photo: Joe Kohen/WireImage. Valerie Harper 's daughter is breaking her silence on her mother's death . On Friday, following news that Harper died at the age of 80, Cristina Cacciotti shared a In July, Harper's husband, Tony Cacciotti, posted a message on Facebook saying he would not follow the advice of his wife's doctors and put her in hospice care, despite her worsening condition Her first husband was actor and writer Richard Schaal, whom she was married to from 1964-1978. However, her second marriage with actor and producer Tony Cacciotti spanned more than 30 years (1987 |jnm| lbq| ebc| mag| yoi| vjz| kwl| jzp| ctq| jot| ujx| mtc| vok| hah| mjz| ulh| tql| hbs| gck| qml| kzt| kzm| lkn| eyk| lgh| byc| eba| sip| vxm| rwm| euw| coc| rwm| jkv| bav| diu| hgz| zvd| lht| rkm| crb| tpg| auk| foj| tqm| guv| wav| seq| kml| qhy|