Ed Asner Dies: TV Icon Who Played Lou Grant Was 91

Deadline ^ | 08/29/2021 | Nellie Andreeva

[Catfan15]

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

Asner, former president of the Screen Actors Guild, is best known for his role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff Lou Grant, pulling off the extremely rare feet of playing the same character in both a comedy and a drama series.

[Ronin]

Rot in Hell, you treasonous commie bastard!

[Lazamataz]

pulling off the extremely rare feet of playing

And extremely rare feet, too. While playing.

[StAnDeliver]

He was good as the villain in El Dorado. Made you hate him from the get-go.

[forgotten man]

No comment. I have more class than he had.

[McGavin999]

Ok, this is my penance for the heated hour long rant against Biden.

(gulp) Rest in peace Ed Asner

[TigersEye]

Inexcusable!

[Rummyfan]

This fits Asner perfectly. His life has been characterized by homicidal leftism...

That is a man consumed by hate. Yet he lived to 91. Proof that only the good die young? Or perhaps he sold his soul to the devil.

[cbvanb]

He’ll still be voting democrat.

[BRL]

Well I hope he is an asbestos suit

[mylife]

buh bye pinko

[econjack]

... Lou Grant, pulling off the extremely rare feet of playing the same character in both a comedy and a drama series.

Did any of you know that Ed had rare feet? Hard to tell since he wore shoes most of the time.

[Rummyfan]

Well said. Asner held many beliefs that were harmful to the country. But he was not an evil man.

I'm not so sure.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

She and Keith Richards will someday be the only humans on Earth.

Enormous amounts of drugs and alcohol may be the secrets to a long life.

[oh8eleven]

Despite his personal politics he was just outstanding as Lou Grant.
I'm sorry to see him go. RIP ...

(That whole damned show was just outstanding!)

[Rummyfan]

See Post 24 above.

[ifinnegan]

“Regarding the 9-11 attacks, Asner belongs to the 9/11 Truth organization, which has accused the Bush administration of either orchestrating the 9-11 attacks or allowing them to happen in order to feed the American war”

Him and Alex Jones.

[bray]

Did he get the booster? Another Commie bites the dust.

[miserare]

Gone to that old dacha in the sky.

[Leep]

His eyebrows past a few hours later.

[GreenHornet]

A Hollywood lib who was a strong supporter of Mumia Abu-Jamal, murderer of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.