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7 time Emmy Award winner and Beloved Actor Ed Asner dies at 91
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Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91
Best known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist.
By Anita Gates
Aug. 29, 2021Updated 3:04 p.m. ET
Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards — five of them for playing the same character, the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, introduced on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” — and later starred in film hits like “Up” and “Elf” — died on Sunday at his home in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91.
His death was confirmed by his family via Twitter. No cause was specified.
Mr. Asner also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1981 to 1985 and was active in political causes both within and beyond the entertainment industry. The issues he supported over the years included unionism (in particular the air traffic controllers’ strike of 1981) and animal rights; those he protested against included the American military presence in El Salvador.
Mr. Asner was 40 when he was approached for the role of Lou Grant, the irascible but idealistic head of the fictional WJM television newsroom in Minneapolis and the boss of Ms. Moore’s Mary Richards. His place in television comedy history was secured when, during the first episode, he told Ms. Moore, an eager young job seeker, “You’ve got spunk,” then paused and added, “I hate spunk.”
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” ran on CBS from 1970 to 1977, and Mr. Asner was nominated for the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series every year. He won in 1971, 1972 and 1975. He went on to win twice for best lead actor, in 1978 and 1980, for the spinoff “Lou Grant,” making him the first performer to have received Emmys for playing the same character in both a comedy and a drama series.
“Lou Grant” (1977-82) itself was an unusual case, a drama series developed around a sitcom character. In the show, Mr. Grant returned to his first love, editing a big-city newspaper, and the scripts tackled serious issues that included, in the first season alone, domestic abuse, gang rivalries, neo-Nazi groups, nursing-home scandals and cults.
In between playing Lou Grant, Mr. Asner also won Emmys for his appearances in the 1976 mini-series “Rich Man, Poor Man,” as Nick Nolte’s bitter immigrant father, and the groundbreaking, lavishly lauded 1977 mini-series “Roots,” in which he played a slave-ship captain with scruples. He also won five Golden Globes, one for “Rich Man, Poor Man” and two each for the two series in which he played Lou Grant.
In more recent years he had been seen in guest roles on television series like “The Good Wife,” “The Middle,” “Grace and Frankie,” “Hot in Cleveland” and “Cobra Kai,” and as recurring characters on “The Practice” and “ER.” In television movies, he played the
billionaire Warren Buffett (in “Too Big to Fail,” 2011) and Pope John XXIII (in a 2002 movie by that name).
Edward David Asner was born on Nov. 15, 1929, in Kansas City, Mo., and grew up in Kansas City, Kan. He was the youngest of five children of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, Morris David Asner, a junkyard owner from Poland, and Lizzie (Seliger) Asner, from Russia.
As a boy, Mr. Asner became interested in dramatics and worked on a school radio program. After high school he was accepted at the University of Chicago, but dropped out after a year and a half to work at odd jobs — taxi driver, encyclopedia salesman, metal finisher at an auto plant — while he tried to build an acting career.
In 1951 he was drafted into the Army and sent to France. Mustered out in 1953, he returned to Chicago to work with the Playwrights Theater Club and the Compass Players, a precursor of the Second City comedy troupe.....
Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91
Best known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist.
By Anita Gates
Aug. 29, 2021Updated 3:04 p.m. ET
Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards — five of them for playing the same character, the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, introduced on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” — and later starred in film hits like “Up” and “Elf” — died on Sunday at his home in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91.
His death was confirmed by his family via Twitter. No cause was specified.
Mr. Asner also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1981 to 1985 and was active in political causes both within and beyond the entertainment industry. The issues he supported over the years included unionism (in particular the air traffic controllers’ strike of 1981) and animal rights; those he protested against included the American military presence in El Salvador.
Mr. Asner was 40 when he was approached for the role of Lou Grant, the irascible but idealistic head of the fictional WJM television newsroom in Minneapolis and the boss of Ms. Moore’s Mary Richards. His place in television comedy history was secured when, during the first episode, he told Ms. Moore, an eager young job seeker, “You’ve got spunk,” then paused and added, “I hate spunk.”
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” ran on CBS from 1970 to 1977, and Mr. Asner was nominated for the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series every year. He won in 1971, 1972 and 1975. He went on to win twice for best lead actor, in 1978 and 1980, for the spinoff “Lou Grant,” making him the first performer to have received Emmys for playing the same character in both a comedy and a drama series.
“Lou Grant” (1977-82) itself was an unusual case, a drama series developed around a sitcom character. In the show, Mr. Grant returned to his first love, editing a big-city newspaper, and the scripts tackled serious issues that included, in the first season alone, domestic abuse, gang rivalries, neo-Nazi groups, nursing-home scandals and cults.
In between playing Lou Grant, Mr. Asner also won Emmys for his appearances in the 1976 mini-series “Rich Man, Poor Man,” as Nick Nolte’s bitter immigrant father, and the groundbreaking, lavishly lauded 1977 mini-series “Roots,” in which he played a slave-ship captain with scruples. He also won five Golden Globes, one for “Rich Man, Poor Man” and two each for the two series in which he played Lou Grant.
In more recent years he had been seen in guest roles on television series like “The Good Wife,” “The Middle,” “Grace and Frankie,” “Hot in Cleveland” and “Cobra Kai,” and as recurring characters on “The Practice” and “ER.” In television movies, he played the
billionaire Warren Buffett (in “Too Big to Fail,” 2011) and Pope John XXIII (in a 2002 movie by that name).
Edward David Asner was born on Nov. 15, 1929, in Kansas City, Mo., and grew up in Kansas City, Kan. He was the youngest of five children of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, Morris David Asner, a junkyard owner from Poland, and Lizzie (Seliger) Asner, from Russia.
As a boy, Mr. Asner became interested in dramatics and worked on a school radio program. After high school he was accepted at the University of Chicago, but dropped out after a year and a half to work at odd jobs — taxi driver, encyclopedia salesman, metal finisher at an auto plant — while he tried to build an acting career.
In 1951 he was drafted into the Army and sent to France. Mustered out in 1953, he returned to Chicago to work with the Playwrights Theater Club and the Compass Players, a precursor of the Second City comedy troupe.....
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"HOW DARE YOU"
This Is Being Written?...................... To Everybody That Seems To Think That Their Problems?.......... Are The Worst Problems .............................That There Are On The Face Of This Planet....Well? I Have To Disagree With Every One That Thinks In This Manner.
1)...Oh...So You Lost Your Job Today And Now?....It Is The End Of The World For You?
Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend Has Told You That You Two? It Is Over, (Such Is The Blow That You've Just Received)
2)...You Have No Friends Any More Because Time Has Taken Its Toll On Them...And Naturally Or Not? They Had Been The Next One In Line Because Nature... And Its Way Of Deciding When It Time For Someone To Go?
Is What Will Happen No Matter What Or How You May Feel
3)...No Matter What Has Happened To You ...Or Someone Close To You ....Or Someone That You Know
When Things Happen? There Is No Stopping Nature....So Accept It.
So....Getting Back To "How Dare You?".....I Will Say This To You All
Something Very Devastating Has Happened To Me In The Last Couple Of Weeks...And It Does Seem To Be (To Me Right Now?) The Worst Problem That Planet Earth's Humanity Has Ever Experienced In Its Life Time.
But It Is Just A Bunch Of Bull Shit...And i Know It Because When Things Of This Nature Happen To Me?
I Can Always Go Back To The "How Dare You" Moment....And That How Dare You Moment Is This
This "How Dare You" Moment? Was Something That Happened To My Grandmother's Brother Named Henry.(He Was 57 At The Time)..He Had Mouth Cancer And Was Always Crying And Saying That Life Was And Is Not Fair.....My Grandmother Had Had Enough Of Him With His Consistent Crying And The "Poor Me" Attitude That He Had Every Damned Day.
So She Dragged Him and Literally Forced Henry To Go With Her To A Children's Hospital...And Right Up The Stairs To The Cancer Wards
And When His Eyes Saw The Kids?..This Is What My Grandmother Said To Him.
"How Dare You Sit There Day After Day With Your Head In Your Hands And Cry Like It's The End Of The World?
Just Take A Look At These Little Kids
Do You See These Little Innocent 4 5 6 7 Year Olds?... They Are The Victims Of Cancer? Their Heads Are Bald Because They Lost Their Hair During Chemotherapy ............And Most Of These Kids You Are Looking At Right Now Henry?....Will Not Live To Experience Being A Teenager.
And You Sit There And Cry Because You Think You Have Problems?.....How Dare You??!!!"
After That Visit And Seeing Those Innocent Little Kids? Henry Became A Different Man Altogether
The Visit Made Him See Life In A Totally Different Way
Henry Lived Another Few Years After That Visit....But Never Complained Ever Again.
(And?...We All Think That Our Problems Are The Worst)
1)...Oh...So You Lost Your Job Today And Now?....It Is The End Of The World For You?
Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend Has Told You That You Two? It Is Over, (Such Is The Blow That You've Just Received)
2)...You Have No Friends Any More Because Time Has Taken Its Toll On Them...And Naturally Or Not? They Had Been The Next One In Line Because Nature... And Its Way Of Deciding When It Time For Someone To Go?
Is What Will Happen No Matter What Or How You May Feel
3)...No Matter What Has Happened To You ...Or Someone Close To You ....Or Someone That You Know
When Things Happen? There Is No Stopping Nature....So Accept It.
So....Getting Back To "How Dare You?".....I Will Say This To You All
Something Very Devastating Has Happened To Me In The Last Couple Of Weeks...And It Does Seem To Be (To Me Right Now?) The Worst Problem That Planet Earth's Humanity Has Ever Experienced In Its Life Time.
But It Is Just A Bunch Of Bull Shit...And i Know It Because When Things Of This Nature Happen To Me?
I Can Always Go Back To The "How Dare You" Moment....And That How Dare You Moment Is This
This "How Dare You" Moment? Was Something That Happened To My Grandmother's Brother Named Henry.(He Was 57 At The Time)..He Had Mouth Cancer And Was Always Crying And Saying That Life Was And Is Not Fair.....My Grandmother Had Had Enough Of Him With His Consistent Crying And The "Poor Me" Attitude That He Had Every Damned Day.
So She Dragged Him and Literally Forced Henry To Go With Her To A Children's Hospital...And Right Up The Stairs To The Cancer Wards
And When His Eyes Saw The Kids?..This Is What My Grandmother Said To Him.
"How Dare You Sit There Day After Day With Your Head In Your Hands And Cry Like It's The End Of The World?
Just Take A Look At These Little Kids
Do You See These Little Innocent 4 5 6 7 Year Olds?... They Are The Victims Of Cancer? Their Heads Are Bald Because They Lost Their Hair During Chemotherapy ............And Most Of These Kids You Are Looking At Right Now Henry?....Will Not Live To Experience Being A Teenager.
And You Sit There And Cry Because You Think You Have Problems?.....How Dare You??!!!"
After That Visit And Seeing Those Innocent Little Kids? Henry Became A Different Man Altogether
The Visit Made Him See Life In A Totally Different Way
Henry Lived Another Few Years After That Visit....But Never Complained Ever Again.
(And?...We All Think That Our Problems Are The Worst)
"WHO'S SIDE IS FACE BOOK ON ANYWAY?"
Why Is It That Terrorist Groups ........................Like Boko Haram From Africa......(Who Massacre Innocent People)............. And Really Bad Terrorist Groups Like ISIS?...(Who Are Just As Bad).....And Even Al Qaeda
Are Allowed Access To Be On Face Book?................For Christ's Sake.....Even The Worst Of Them All "The Damned Taliban"....... Are Allowed to Broadcast Their Crap On Face Book's Site
Yet?..A Former President Of The United States Is Banned From The Site Along With Anybody That Agrees With The Former President?
There Is Something Very Wrong Here......And My Only Question Is This
Who's Side Is Face Book Anyway?
And?....Will This Blog Even Be Allowed To Stay Up On This Site?
Are Allowed Access To Be On Face Book?................For Christ's Sake.....Even The Worst Of Them All "The Damned Taliban"....... Are Allowed to Broadcast Their Crap On Face Book's Site
Yet?..A Former President Of The United States Is Banned From The Site Along With Anybody That Agrees With The Former President?
There Is Something Very Wrong Here......And My Only Question Is This
Who's Side Is Face Book Anyway?
And?....Will This Blog Even Be Allowed To Stay Up On This Site?
"THE WWC"..("WORLD WIDE CONFRONTATIONS")
There's The WBA.....The WBC Of Boxing (Along With Others).........And In Wrestling?....There's The WWW...This One Is Called The WWC...(World Wide Confrontations)...........And?...It's AboutThe Accusers..................They Say That You Have Done This............................. And That You Have Done That....................Yet The One Being Accused?..............Has No Recollection Of Just What Ta Hell They Are Talking About...............Yet They Persist On Their accusations That You Most Certainly Did Say Or Do What They Say You Have Done.
But As Of Yet?
There Has Not Been Not 1 Shred Of Evidence To Back Up The Accuser
Like Therm "Show Me The Money?"
My Term Is "Show Me Your Evidence"
My Reply?
Can I Have What You Are Drinking Or Consuming By Mouth?
I'd Like To Get Loaded Too!!!
I'm Outta Here!!!.....I've A Truck To Drive
But As Of Yet?
There Has Not Been Not 1 Shred Of Evidence To Back Up The Accuser
Like Therm "Show Me The Money?"
My Term Is "Show Me Your Evidence"
My Reply?
Can I Have What You Are Drinking Or Consuming By Mouth?
I'd Like To Get Loaded Too!!!
I'm Outta Here!!!.....I've A Truck To Drive
"WAS IT REALLY LOVE?"
When Two People Decide To Be Married?....They Take An Oath ...And One Of Those Oaths Is "Through Sickness And Health"......And Of Course "For Better Or Worse"....................But It Seems That For Some?
They Cannot Handle It When The Situation Becomes Worse
Throughout The Whole Ordeal For The Past X Amount Of Years?........You Were There And You Were In It For The Long Run
And Just As Things Were About To Take A Turn For The Better?
You Cut And You Ran As Fast As You Could
But That's Not Going To Stop Him From Moving Forward To The Goal He Was Telling You About All Along
He Told Me To Tell You That He Understands The Reasoning Of Why You Did What You Did
And Also Said That If You Had Just Hung In There Just A Tad Bit Longer?....Things Would Have Been Better For The Both Of You.
But Unfortunately?...You're Not Here Now For Him To Tell You The Good News That Lies Within The Bad News You Threw All Over Him That Totally Destroyed The Good News That He Wanted To Tell To You Personally
Anyway He Says
That If You Have A Change Stirring Within Your Soul?
All You Have To Do Is To Let Him Know
As Long As It's Not 6 Months Or Year From Now,
They Cannot Handle It When The Situation Becomes Worse
Throughout The Whole Ordeal For The Past X Amount Of Years?........You Were There And You Were In It For The Long Run
And Just As Things Were About To Take A Turn For The Better?
You Cut And You Ran As Fast As You Could
But That's Not Going To Stop Him From Moving Forward To The Goal He Was Telling You About All Along
He Told Me To Tell You That He Understands The Reasoning Of Why You Did What You Did
And Also Said That If You Had Just Hung In There Just A Tad Bit Longer?....Things Would Have Been Better For The Both Of You.
But Unfortunately?...You're Not Here Now For Him To Tell You The Good News That Lies Within The Bad News You Threw All Over Him That Totally Destroyed The Good News That He Wanted To Tell To You Personally
Anyway He Says
That If You Have A Change Stirring Within Your Soul?
All You Have To Do Is To Let Him Know
As Long As It's Not 6 Months Or Year From Now,
"THE LAW,THE DONTS, AND OTHER THINGS"
There Are Many Things In This World .......................That People Are Not Aware Of ....................They They Are Not Supposed To Do...............In Reality?.........A Lot of Things That Are Done By People? ...........They Are Sometimes Against The Law.
"AFGHANISTAN"..(" IN THE LONG RUN")
What I Am About To Lay Down Here?...................... May Sound A Little Bit On The Crazy Side.....But Many Times Over?....Situations Like These?................ Have Happened At Amazing Type Speeds......................Such As The Enlistment Of Citizens In The USA After The Japanese Had Bombed Pearl Harbor................And?...... Just Before World War 2 Had Begun.
The Very Same Thing Did Happened When The American Colonists Had It Up To Hear With what Was Called Then "Great Britain" With All Of Their taxation Without The Colonists Having The Right To Have "Legal Representation"
It Has Happened In The Iraq Invasion......And The Very Same Thing In Afghanistan
If You Hadn't Known?...Anybody In These Two Wars?....They Were all "Volunteers
So?..My Proposition Would To Ask For Volunteers From Anywhere In The World To Go To Afghanistan's North east Region And Join The Son Of Ahmad Shah Massoud To fight And Defeat The Taliban At The Same Game That They Fought
Remember Now....This region And Its People Were Never Conquered By The Soviets nor The Taliban
They Virtually Kicked The Taliban's Asses When The Taliban tried To Defeat Them
There Is Still Is Hope That Afghanistan's Very Own People Can Defeat The Taliban Eventually
If I Was In Charge That Day When All Of The Very Top Leaders Were All Sitting On Their Asses Basking In Their Glory?.........I Would Have Had The Entire Presidential Palace Bombed To Pieces..(If I Was In Charge)
But?..In Reality?...The Taliban Has Not Taken Over Afghanistan....Just Some Of It.........And Their Laws Do Not Cover Every Part Of The Country...........I Predict That The Taliban Will Take An Awful Beating As The Time Goes By...It Will Take Time...But With The antics That The Rebels...Massoud.....And The Vice President? They Eventually Will Defeat The Taliban
And remember...During America's War Against King George?....They Did Not Get The Help They Needed Until The Minute Men Could show Some Major Victories....It was The French Seeing This That Caused France To Enter On The Colonist's Side.
And?...The Citizens Of Afghanistan Are Already Protesting Against The Taliban
Have The General Public In Afghanistan Getting Ready To Rise Up?
A Lot Of The Afghan Military Have Gone To Massoud's Camp Already
So The Troop Amount Is Starting To Get Big
All Of This May Sound Crazy To You Right Now...........But Just Wait And See What "Good" Can Achieve Over "Evil" In The Long Run
But Right Now Unfortunately?....Ole Man Joey Is In Charge (but He;s Not In Charge Of The Other Western Countries....And Those Countries Can And Will Make The Difference
All That Good Guys Need From Some Countries Is A Little Bit Of Help In The Weapons Category consisting Off Ammunition And Aid In The Food Category
I'm Positive That These Guys That Will Go Up Against The Rag Tag Taliban Fighters....Can Win
The Very Same Thing Did Happened When The American Colonists Had It Up To Hear With what Was Called Then "Great Britain" With All Of Their taxation Without The Colonists Having The Right To Have "Legal Representation"
It Has Happened In The Iraq Invasion......And The Very Same Thing In Afghanistan
If You Hadn't Known?...Anybody In These Two Wars?....They Were all "Volunteers
So?..My Proposition Would To Ask For Volunteers From Anywhere In The World To Go To Afghanistan's North east Region And Join The Son Of Ahmad Shah Massoud To fight And Defeat The Taliban At The Same Game That They Fought
Remember Now....This region And Its People Were Never Conquered By The Soviets nor The Taliban
They Virtually Kicked The Taliban's Asses When The Taliban tried To Defeat Them
There Is Still Is Hope That Afghanistan's Very Own People Can Defeat The Taliban Eventually
If I Was In Charge That Day When All Of The Very Top Leaders Were All Sitting On Their Asses Basking In Their Glory?.........I Would Have Had The Entire Presidential Palace Bombed To Pieces..(If I Was In Charge)
But?..In Reality?...The Taliban Has Not Taken Over Afghanistan....Just Some Of It.........And Their Laws Do Not Cover Every Part Of The Country...........I Predict That The Taliban Will Take An Awful Beating As The Time Goes By...It Will Take Time...But With The antics That The Rebels...Massoud.....And The Vice President? They Eventually Will Defeat The Taliban
And remember...During America's War Against King George?....They Did Not Get The Help They Needed Until The Minute Men Could show Some Major Victories....It was The French Seeing This That Caused France To Enter On The Colonist's Side.
And?...The Citizens Of Afghanistan Are Already Protesting Against The Taliban
Have The General Public In Afghanistan Getting Ready To Rise Up?
A Lot Of The Afghan Military Have Gone To Massoud's Camp Already
So The Troop Amount Is Starting To Get Big
All Of This May Sound Crazy To You Right Now...........But Just Wait And See What "Good" Can Achieve Over "Evil" In The Long Run
But Right Now Unfortunately?....Ole Man Joey Is In Charge (but He;s Not In Charge Of The Other Western Countries....And Those Countries Can And Will Make The Difference
All That Good Guys Need From Some Countries Is A Little Bit Of Help In The Weapons Category consisting Off Ammunition And Aid In The Food Category
I'm Positive That These Guys That Will Go Up Against The Rag Tag Taliban Fighters....Can Win
"A PARADOXAL QUESTION"
Can Somebody Answer This Crazy a** Question?.................Why Is It .................That Just About Every Rich Celebrity,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Backs The Socialist Communist Marxist System?.............When In Actuality?.....The Very Systems They Are Backing?
Are Totally Against 1 Person Having All Of The Money That These Same Celebrities Possess?
Are Totally Against 1 Person Having All Of The Money That These Same Celebrities Possess?
"THE CRUEL REALITY"
There Are A Lot Of Pictures ............................That Can Tell Us A Story................................. But Some Pictures Can Tell Us A Complete Story................Some Pictures Can Make Us Ask Ourselves......... And Others..... A Real Lot Of Questions......(Especially After The Very Quick Pullout Of The West And Her Troops)
What Does The Picture Below Make You Think And What Question/Questions Does It Make You Want To Ask?
What Does The Picture Below Make You Think And What Question/Questions Does It Make You Want To Ask?
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