Norman Lear To Make Cameo Appearance In ‘Good Times’ Netflix Animated Series As TV Icon Leaves Slate Of Upcoming Projects Behind

Norman Lear‘s official cause of death has been revealed.

Norman Lear, the creator, writer and producer of such iconic TV classics as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons, died of cardiac arrest, according to a Los Angeles County death certificate filed today.

TMZ on Monday.The document also lists congestive heart failure as an underlying cause of death.Lear died at his Beverly Hills home on Dec. 6.

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President Joe Biden, on a West Coast fundraising swing, attended a shiva to mourn Norman Lear, who died this week at age 101.

Tributes continue to pour in after the death this week of 101-year-old television pioneer Norman Lear.

Norman Lear was serenaded with the theme songs of his television life as he slipped away, his son-in-law has revealed.

Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, and more attend Matthew Perry’s funeralWatch Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow tribute her dad on the 10th anniversary of his deathA post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston)Rita Moreno, who starred in the reboot of “One Day at a Time,” shared a post on Instagram, showing Lear kissing her cheek. "I am cut to the quick and already lonesome for my dear friend, Norman. Our nation has lost a treasured looking glass," she wrote.

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said to an empty studio. “Norman was the genius who brought us some of the greatest television shows and characters of all time,” Kimmel continued, before listing some of the iconic series Lear created, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times” and The Facts of Life.” “It’s an incredible list and he was an incredible person,” the comedian said, becoming visibly tearful as he spoke. According to Kimmel, the Emerson College alum “changed situation comedy in the best possible way.“He taught us so much about so many serious things, always making us laugh while he did it, and everyone who works in or even watches television owes him a great debt.

TV icon Norman Lear had not had a TV series on the air for two decades until a reimagening of his beloved One Day At a Time premiered on Netflix in January 2017. It was developed by Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce who served as showrunners and executive produced it with Lear. The new One Day At a Time earned critical acclaim and launched a prolific final act in Lear’s career, which has included the Emmy-winning Live In Front of a Studio Audience, the upcoming series Good Times and The Corps on Netflix, Clean Slate at Amazon Freevee as well as a slew of other projects in development.

One of the highlights in the final chapter of Norman Lear‘s legendary career were the Live In Front Of a Studio Audience specials recreating episodes from his classic sitcoms. He executive produced them with Jimmy Kimmel, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) together while also developing a close friendship.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large In a sad bit of coincidence, the Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center honored its 2023 Sentinel Awards winners on Wednesday night, just hours after the passing of its namesake and inspiration, the legendary Norman Lear. Emmy-winning comedian and writer Larry Wilmore hosted the event and introduced this year’s 11 winners, including writers behind the series “Mrs. Davis,” “Fleishman is in Trouble” and “Tiny Beautiful Things.” But before the awards were handed out, Wilmore took a moment to pay tribute to Lear.

Norman Lear’s life and legacy took center stage tonight at the 2023 Sentinel Awards at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.

Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons. He won five Emmys and was a member of the Television Academy Hall Of Fame.Tributes to the writer have poured in today (December 6). George Clooney said in a statement: “It’s hard to reconcile that at 101 years old, Norman Lear is gone too soon.

President Joe Biden paid tribute to Norman Lear, the pioneering writer, producer and director who died on Tuesday at age 101.

Lear died Tuesday at home, surrounded by his family. But this much is clear: He worked right up to the very end, even though he burnished his legend as the personification of classic TV comedy over 50 years ago, with shows he either created or produced: “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “The Jeffersons,” “One Day at a Time.” And that was only the tip of his creative iceberg.Lear seemed to accelerate his television output even with advancing age (or maybe in spite of it), including the Netflix reboot of “One Day at a Time,” an upcoming re-imagining of “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” — his satirical late-night soap — and live stagings of his classic sitcoms via ABC, in which he proudly showcased those works with all-star casts alongside host Jimmy Kimmel.