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Ed Asner, who won over television audiences while portraying the gruff Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the eponymous spin-off, is dead. The actor, whose career spanned over six-decades, won over a new generation of fans by voicing the grumpy character of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar’s Up in 2009. More than a decade after that heartbreaking film hit the big screen, fans are mourning again, as Ed passed away on August 29 at the age of 91, HollywoodLife can confirm.

Ed Asner has sadly died.

His passing was announced by his family on the actor’s official Twitter account: “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully.  Words cannot express the sadness we feel.

Ed Asner, legendary actor, activist and philanthropist, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, surrounded by family. He was 91.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSaltbox TV, a new ad-supported streaming service for older adults, is launching a talent series dubbed “Silver Stars.”The show will put a fresh spin on a formula popularized by the likes of “America’s Got Talent” and “American Idol” by focusing on contenders who are all over the age of 65.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorGavin MacLeod was a versatile and dependable actor who was a good friend to his co-stars during the seven-season run of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Ed Asner told Variety in paying tribute to the TV veteran who died Saturday at the age of 90.MacLeod was an ally to his co-stars in any scene, recalled Asner, who played the voluble WJM-TV news director Lou Grant on the groundbreaking comedy that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977.“He made everything easy,” Asner

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “McHale’s Navy,” died Saturday at age 90.No cause of death was given.MacLeod had a small part in “McHale’s Navy,” before getting cast as newswriter Murray Slaughter, one of the central characters in the WGN newsroom of “Mary Tyler Moore.” He appeared in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS, according to Variety.

Pete Noyes, a Peabody-winning Los Angeles TV news legend who worked in every L.A. network affiliate’s newsroom during a six-decade career and was the inspiration for the classic TV character Lou Grant, died Monday of natural causes at him home in Westlake Village, CA. He was 90. His son, longtime KNBC-TV assignment editor Jack Noyes, said his father had been in declining health.

Allan Burns, a television producer and screenwriter best known for cocreating and cowriting for the television sitcoms The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Rhoda, has died. He was 85.

Cloris Leachman was a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. The beloved actress, who died Wednesday at the age of 94, portrayed Phyllis Lindstorm, Mary's landlady, on in the '70s.Ed Asner, who played Mary's boss, Lou Grant, had a close friendship with Leachman on and off screen, telling ET's Nischelle Turner she was «always an energy source.»«A bit charged up.

Refresh for updates Cloris Leachman, whose performances in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Young Frankenstein, The Last Picture Show and The Croods endeared her to generations of fans, was remembered by her friends, colleagues and costars today, with Ed Asner – Lou Grant himself – tweeting, “Nothing I could say would top the enormity of my love for you.”

died in 2017 at the age of 80. Harper and Engel died in 2019 at the ages of 80 and 70, respectively.In honor of the show’s 50th anniversary, The Post spoke to Asner, 90, MacLeod, 89 and Amos, 80, who shared their memories of working on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”MacLeod: They sent me two scripts, including the pilot.

He was about as far flung from a smooth radio presenter as you could get.

Gene Reynolds, the prolific director, producer and writer who was a driving force behind such socially conscious television series as M*A*S*H, Lou Grant and Room 222, has died. He was 96.Reynolds died Monday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, the DGA announced.Reynolds started out in Hollywood as a child actor at MGM in such movies as Boys Town (1938).

LOS ANGELES — Six-time Emmy winner Gene Reynolds, known for his writing, directing and producing for the lauded socially conscious 1970s TV shows M*A*S*H and Lou Grant, died Monday in Burbank, Calif. He was 96.

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Six-time Emmy winner Gene Reynolds, known for his writing, directing and producing for the lauded socially conscious 1970s TV shows “MASH” and “Lou Grant,” died Monday in Burbank, Calif. He was 96.