- Actor shone in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and spin-off
- Spell as Screen Actors Guild president ended over liberal views
Ed Asner, a burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show and later in the drama Lou Grant, died on Sunday. He was 91.
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