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following his death. On Sunday, August 29, Asner – who has featured in titles such as Lou Grant, The Good Wife, Dead to Me and Disney Pixar's Up – passed away in his Los Angeles home, surrounded by his family.

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Mark Hamil and Eric Stonestreet have led tributes to the late Ed Asner. 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'Elf' star sadly died on Sunday morning (29. 08.

Celebrities were quick to take to social media to celebrate the life and career of late television icon, Ed Asner.  The actor’s death was announced through his official Twitter account Sunday, which noted that he died peacefully. No cause of death was given.  "We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully.  Words cannot express the sadness we feel.

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.

US television actor Ed Asner known for his role known as the gruff but loveable newsman Lou Grant died of “natural causes” at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 91. The news of his demise was confirmed by the actor’s family on Twitter.

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August 29, 2021Born in 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, Edward David Asner started his acting career in college, appearing in a number of productions at the University of Chicago. After serving in the US Army’s Signal Corps in the early 1950s, he moved to New York to pursue a career in acting, with theatre an early passion.His list of TV credits is huge, with his most famous role being Lou Grant, the grumbling but lovable newsman, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its titular spin-off series, Lou Grant.

Charlton Heston, who took over from Asner in a highly publicised power play. “My presidency of the Screen Actors Guild, coupled at the same time with being one of the founding members of Medical Aid for El Salvador, created a conflict which eventually led to the cancellation of the Lou Grant show,” he wrote.

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

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his poignant voicework in 2009 animated film “Up,” has died. He was 91.His publicist confirmed the news to Variety, writing that he died on Sunday surrounded by family.

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.

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showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterActing legend Ed Asner has passed away 'peacefully' aged 91, surrounded by his family.The Mary Tyler Moore Star was the most awarded male performer in Emmy history, with credits in films including Christmas hit Elf - in which he played Santa Claus - and Pixar award-winner Up.He was also the star of TV spin-off Lou Grant, becoming one of the few actors to play the same character in both a comedy and a drama series.Ed also starred in iconic TV shows including Cobra Kai, American Dad!, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Good Wife.He died on Sunday morning, surrounded by family, who issued an emotional statement announcing the late actor's death.It read: "We are sorry to say

Ed Asner was an actor who rose to fame playing cranky newsman Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” from 1970 to 1977 and had later voice acting fame in 2009’s “Up.”When Asner began playing Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he gave the character the perfect blend of cranky gruffness and underlying kindheartedness. His character was spun off into his own show, “Lou Grant,” with the unusual switch from the half-hour comedy of “Mary Tyler Moore” to an hour-long drama for “Lou Grant.” Asner won five Emmy Awards for playing Lou Grant across the two series, in addition to two other Emmys for the miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man” and “Roots,” making him the most honored male performer in Emmy Awards history.

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.