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All in the Family star Jean Stapleton dies of natural causes at age 90
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Posted on 06/01/2013 8:30:48 PM PDT by Morgana

Jean Stapleton, who was famous for her iconic role of Edith Bunker on All in the Family, passed away on Friday in her New York City home at the age of 90.

Family members have reportedly told the website the actress passed away of natural causes.

Scroll down for video 'It is with great love and heavy hearts that we say farewell to our collective Mother, with a capital M,' said her son and daughter, John Putch and Pamela Putch, in a statement. 'Her devotion to her craft and her family taught us all great life lessons.'

Stapleton won three Emmys for her role opposite Carroll O'Connor's Archie Bunker on the CBS sitcom.

Little known to the public before All In the Family, Stapleton co-starred with Carroll O'Connor in the top-rated CBS sitcom about an unrepentant bigot, the wife he churlishly but fondly called 'Dingbat,' their daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and liberal son-in-law Mike, aka Meathead (Rob Reiner).

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I remember when her character "Edith Bunker" died on "All in the Family" it was so real people thought Jean was really dead and was surprised to see her alive the next day.
1 posted on 06/01/2013 8:30:48 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d8FTPv955I
2 posted on 06/01/2013 8:40:43 PM PDT by South40
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To: Morgana

The show that started in earnest the undermining of American culture.


3 posted on 06/01/2013 8:41:40 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Morgana

“”Stifle yourself Edith””


4 posted on 06/01/2013 8:41:41 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: dagogo redux

Sorry, but I couldn’t disagree more. It was the first realistic depiction of the American Family. I swear, sometimes my father IS Archie Bunker.


5 posted on 06/01/2013 9:09:24 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: dagogo redux

“The show that started in earnest the undermining of American culture.”

If not right on you’re pretty close. A lot of meatheads infested our institutions since then.


6 posted on 06/01/2013 9:10:16 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: MichaelCorleone; dagogo redux
“The show that started in earnest the undermining of American culture.”

If not right on you’re pretty close. A lot of meatheads infested our institutions since then.


Actually, the show demonstrated Archie's take was actually a lot more accurate than that of Mr. and Mrs. Meathead. They ALWAYS came across as clueless, bloviating, and even more opinionated than Archie.
7 posted on 06/01/2013 9:15:46 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Morgana

All in the Family episode “Too Good Edith” as aired on April 9, 1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcTVvK3_jB4


8 posted on 06/01/2013 9:34:47 PM PDT by massmike (At least no one is wearing a "Ron Paul - 2016" tee shirt........yet!)
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To: Morgana

The show was designed to make conservatives look like a-holes.


9 posted on 06/01/2013 9:36:08 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Morgana

My mother could have been Edith Bunker.

I remember Mom used to stay up late to see the weather report on TV. Most of the time she was asleep before the weather report came on. One time she actually made it through the weather report. The forcaster said to expect a lot of precipitation tomorrow morning. Sure enough it was pouring down rain in the morning. Mom looked out the window and said, “It sure is participating out there.”

Another time my aunt and uncle came to visit whit their “free spirit” daughter in tow. Sunday morning, Mom asked my cousin if she’d like to go to Church with all of us. We were Baptists. She politelitely refused. My aunt told my Mon on the way to Church her daughter was an agnostic. Mom asked, “Is that one of those Methodist groups?”


10 posted on 06/01/2013 9:40:18 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: bigdaddy45
I swear sometimes I am Archie Bunker.

And it really doesn't bother me too much.

11 posted on 06/01/2013 9:43:22 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: Morgana

It was the beginning of the stupid white guy shows.


12 posted on 06/01/2013 9:46:52 PM PDT by Wiggins
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To: dagogo redux

I agree. I saw through it right away. It was politically left, no question, and it helped to usher in much of the behavior that has helped to encourage the coarsening of the American culture that we see today.


13 posted on 06/01/2013 9:58:26 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: Morgana

DINGBAT DEAD


14 posted on 06/01/2013 10:03:43 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: Fiji Hill

I always thought it made Meathead look more like a jerk....always freeloading off of Archie.


15 posted on 06/01/2013 10:05:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dagogo redux

No, not at all, I disagree hugely with that statement.


16 posted on 06/01/2013 10:06:58 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: bigdaddy45

It was unlike most families-—it was a promotion of Marxist ideology-—where children “know” better than anyone over 30 when they are ignorant as sh*t and no nothing. Adults are stupid. Çhristians are bigots and haters. Mothers are slavic-—and just used by the “father” as a house boy.

It was the opposite of my family and my husband’s and all my friend’s families. The Fathers had respect for their wives and children and we never talked back to our parents. We had total respect for our fathers—who deserved it.

Didn’t they have the kids living with the parents?????????after getting married. NONE of my brothers and sisters EVER lived with my parents after they were married-—in fact, it was rare then——it became common, since TV forms perceptions (Normalizes anything it shows—especially to children who watch). It was important for children to think adults are dumb so they remain dumb and resistant to their advice—so the kids become immersed in drugs/sex/addictions so the State has slaves/dependents/useful idiots.

The deconstruction of the Natural Family began with All in the Family. Pitting group against group-—discrediting parents. Elevating utopianism/ignorance.

With the destruction of the Natural Family, children are warped and emotional cripples, easily addicted, followers, and made into useful idiots-—not being raised in the way God Designed for optimum mental and physical health which gives strength and character which leads to men like Lincoln and Patton.


17 posted on 06/01/2013 10:10:55 PM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: dagogo redux

Wasn’t she and Carroll O’Connor both hard-core socialists?


18 posted on 06/01/2013 10:15:15 PM PDT by Theodore R. ("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
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To: Morgana

I agree with so many posts on here, but this thread should really be about Jean Stapleton. As an actress, I thought she was truly magnificent.


19 posted on 06/01/2013 10:24:20 PM PDT by Ackackadack
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To: Theodore R.

I don’t know, but being actors, you’re probably right. This show was actually the American version of a British show. Cherie Blair’s father played the Archie Bunker role. She is Tony Blair’s wife.


20 posted on 06/01/2013 10:30:05 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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