They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

It is still good to be the king.

FILE - Actress Cloris Leachman gestures to honoree Mel Brooks in the audience during the American Film Institute's 41st Lifetime Achievement Award Gala on June 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. Leachman died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California, publicist Monique Moss said Wednesday. “Nothing I could say would top the enormity of my love for you,” posted Ed Asner of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Phyllis was so unexpectedly engaging that Leachman starred in a spinoff series of her own, “Phyllis,” which ran on CBS from 1975 to 1977. Cloris Leachman grew up on the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, where she was born in 1926.

LEFT: Somewhere in the Hollywood area, actress Cloris Leachman is shown driving her car in 1975. RIGHT: Cloris Leachman attends the EcoLuxe Pre-Oscars Lounge at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 2, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/WireImage)Legendary actress Cloris Leachman died on Tuesday, according to Variety. The magazine, quoting Leachman’s longtime manager Juliet Green said that the actress died of natural causes in Encinitas, California. One of her most famous roles was in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” where she portrayed Phyllis Lindstrom.