Lou Grant: Last News

Actor Ed Asner has died at the age of 91. According to editors at Deadline, the TV legend - perhaps best known for his role as Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant - peacefully passed away on Sunday.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorGood night, Lou.Ed Asner, the famed character actor, activist and union leader who died Sunday at the age of 91, was the last surviving member of original core cast of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”The ground-breaking sitcom that ran on CBS from 1970 to 1977 led Asner to become the first TV actor to play the same character in a comedy, “Mary Tyler Moore’s” irascible WJM-TV news director Lou Grant, and in the CBS drama “Lou Grant,” where Asner took center stage as a new incarnation of the Grant character in Los Angeles as a big-city newspaper editor.In the “Mary Tyler Moore” pilot, Asner’s Grant delivers one of the classic TV comedy lines of all time as he interviews Moore’s eager Mary Richards for the

Legendary TV actor Ed Asner has died aged 91.Best known for playing the role of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Asner passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday morning.His family tweeted from his account: 'We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully. Words cannot express the sadness we feel.

Ed Asner’s long career in show business embraced acting, voiceovers, and social activism on a large scale. Best remembered for his iconic role as the newsroom leader Lou Grant, Asner is remembered here in our photo gallery.

Ethan Shanfeld When news broke Sunday that Ed Asner died at 91, Hollywood took to social media to pay tribute to the legendary actor, activist and philanthropist.The former president of the Screen Actors Guild, Asner is best known for playing Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spinoff series “Lou Grant.” He also voiced the lead, Carl Fredricksen, in Pixar’s Oscar-winning tear-jerker “Up.”As one of the few TV actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama, Asner is the most awarded male performer in Emmy history with seven wins — five of them for playing Lou Grant.Asner was a series regular on “Thunder Alley,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “The Bronx Zoo,” and he earned Emmys for his performances on

Ed Asner, the beloved actor who famously played Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died on Sunday, August 29. He was 91.

Veteran actor Ed Asner, best known for playing acerbic Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, has died at 91.

Ed Asner has sadly died.

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

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “McHale’s Navy,” died Saturday at age 90.No cause of death was given.MacLeod had a small part in “McHale’s Navy,” before getting cast as newswriter Murray Slaughter, one of the central characters in the WGN newsroom of “Mary Tyler Moore.” He appeared in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS, according to Variety. He originally auditioned for the role of Lou Grant, won by Ed Anser.“My heart is broken,” Asner posted on Twitter.

Cloris Leachman was a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. The beloved actress, who died Wednesday at the age of 94, portrayed Phyllis Lindstorm, Mary's landlady, on in the '70s.Ed Asner, who played Mary's boss, Lou Grant, had a close friendship with Leachman on and off screen, telling ET's Nischelle Turner she was «always an energy source.»«A bit charged up.

died in 2017 at the age of 80. Harper and Engel died in 2019 at the ages of 80 and 70, respectively.In honor of the show’s 50th anniversary, The Post spoke to Asner, 90, MacLeod, 89 and Amos, 80, who shared their memories of working on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”MacLeod: They sent me two scripts, including the pilot.

He was about as far flung from a smooth radio presenter as you could get.

Brian Dennehy has died at the age of 81.