RIP Norman Lear

*triplexxx* · 12-06-2023, 10:25 AM

Award-winning 101-year-old TV producer and screenwriter Norman Lear has passed to heaven. Norman created and produced many shows including All In The Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sanford and Son, One Day At A Time, Different Strokes, and many more. His awards include 6 Emmys, 2 Peabodys, The National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Centers Honor, Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award, member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and many other; he has an award named after him, the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Televison. Norman bought an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, toured it around the country, and he and Rob Reiner produced a dramatic film reading of it, introed by Morgan Freeman, and read by several celebrities. Norman is a legend and icon in American television history and is remembered very fondly by many as an influence for many others' life achievements, and he remained active to the end. Rest well in heaven, Norman Lear.

12-06-2023, 10:25 AM	#1
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,819	RIP Norman Lear Award-winning 101-year-old TV producer and screenwriter Norman Lear has passed to heaven. Norman created and produced many shows including All In The Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sanford and Son, One Day At A Time, Different Strokes, and many more. His awards include 6 Emmys, 2 Peabodys, The National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Centers Honor, Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award, member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and many other; he has an award named after him, the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Televison. Norman bought an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, toured it around the country, and he and Rob Reiner produced a dramatic film reading of it, introed by Morgan Freeman, and read by several celebrities. Norman is a legend and icon in American television history and is remembered very fondly by many as an influence for many others' life achievements, and he remained active to the end. Rest well in heaven, Norman Lear.