ET caught up with Carl Reiner on Wednesday, as The Dick Van Dyke Show creator was still coming to terms with the loss of his friend and former colleague, Mary Tyler Moore.
"I spoke to her husband the day or so before she passed away," Reiner tells ET. "I remember telling him, 'She may not hear you, but whisper in her ear that it's OK to go. You can go.'"
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Moore died Wednesday from cardiopulmonary arrest after she had contracted pneumonia, her rep confirmed to ET.
Reiner says the last time he saw Moore was at a formal event, where the TV icon looked well, but he could tell that her health was waning.
"She had this childhood diabetes and had lost her sight -- practically all of it," Reiner recalls. "I came up to her, and she was looking at me, and she wasn't recognizing me until I spoke, and then she lit up. I realized she couldn't see me, and that was very sad."
According to Reiner, those close to the legendary actress were aware that she didn't have much time left.