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. “Legendary actor, activist, father figure, philanthropist and 7-Time Emmy Award winning Icon, Ed Asner passed away today peacefully surrounded by family,” Ed’s publicist told HL. “He was 91.” Yitzhak Edward Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Jewish Russian-born
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