Actor Ed Asner, TV's blustery Lou Grant, dies at 91

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PARIS -- Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, has died. He was 88.His death was confirmed Monday by the office of his lawyer, Michel Godest.

Ed Asner, actor. Born: 15 November 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Died: 29 August 2021 in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States, aged 91Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show and later in the drama Lou Grant, has died aged 91.

Influential musician and producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has died. He was 85.The Jamaican Observer reported on Sunday that Perry had died that morning at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Jamaica.

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Mark Hamil and Eric Stonestreet have led tributes to the late Ed Asner. 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'Elf' star sadly died on Sunday morning (29. 08.

Twitter last month that he was preparing for shows in Europe later this year.“I was very busy in the studio doing some lovely remixes,” he tweeted in July next to a picture of himself playing a tiny flute with brightly painted nails and his hair and beard dyed a crimson red.

US television actor Ed Asner known for his role known as the gruff but loveable newsman Lou Grant died of “natural causes” at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 91. The news of his demise was confirmed by the actor’s family on Twitter.

Charlton Heston, who took over from Asner in a highly publicised power play. “My presidency of the Screen Actors Guild, coupled at the same time with being one of the founding members of Medical Aid for El Salvador, created a conflict which eventually led to the cancellation of the Lou Grant show,” he wrote.

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his poignant voicework in 2009 animated film “Up,” has died. He was 91.His publicist confirmed the news to Variety, writing that he died on Sunday surrounded by family.

Ethan Shanfeld When news broke Sunday that Ed Asner died at 91, Hollywood took to social media to pay tribute to the legendary actor, activist and philanthropist.The former president of the Screen Actors Guild, Asner is best known for playing Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spinoff series “Lou Grant.” He also voiced the lead, Carl Fredricksen, in Pixar’s Oscar-winning tear-jerker “Up.”As one of the few TV actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama, Asner

LOS ANGELES -- Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in the drama “Lou Grant,” has died. He was 91.Asner's representative confirmed the actor's death in an email to The Associated Press.

Veteran actor Ed Asner, best known for playing acerbic Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, has died at 91.

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his poignant voicework in 2009 animated film “Up,” has died. He was 91.His publicist confirmed the news to Variety, writing that he died on Sunday surrounded by family.

Ed Asner has sadly died.