Longtime actor Ed Asner, 91, known for the character Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant, has died. With his death, Betty White, 99, is the only regular cast member of the former series still alive. It is hard to believe it has been over 50 years ago when the series first came on the air. It just doesn't seem that much time has gone by. Scary damned stuff, I can say that.
Asner was one of those actors who had many television roles in the fifties and sixties until he hit the big time with MTM. After Lou Grant was canceled in 1982, Asner continued to make numerous appearances. He never seemed to be out of work.
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The child of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He first became interested in performing through a weekly radio program produced by his high school. He served in the military before landing in Chicago, performed on Broadway and later headed to California.
Asner was never shy about airing his liberal political opinions. He headed the Screen Actors Guild from 1981 to 1985, regularly contributed to Democratic candidates and liberal causes and seldom shied from a debate. In 2012, he lent his voice to a short animated film about the causes of the financial crisis.
Asner was married twice and is survived by four children.
He had more than a dozen credits on upcoming projects, with some in post-production listed on his IMDb page at the time of his death.
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