Twitter account included a note from his children: “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully.
Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head- Goodnight dad. We love you. ”Built like the football lineman he once was, the balding Asner was a journeyman actor in films and TV when he was hired in 1970 to play Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ” For seven seasons he was the rumpled boss to Moore’s ebullient Mary Richards (He called her “Mary,” she called him “Mr.
Grant”) at the fictional Minneapolis TV newsroom where both worked. Later, he would play the role for five years on “Lou Grant.
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