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"LOS ANGELES — Legendary television creator, writer, film producer, and political activist Norman Lear died after a lifetime of laughter surrounded by family on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. A private service for immediate family will be held."

"Lear transformed American television with a groundbreaking series of shows in the 1970s that dominated ratings and generated national conversations by dealing openly with issues that challenged families and the country as a whole. Lear wrote and produced American classics that spanned an over 75 year career, beginning with All In the Family (1971-79), which featured the Bunkers of Queens, New York, whose domestic lives and strife illuminated the social upheavals of the times. Lear’s other hit shows included Sanford and Son (1972-78), Maude (1972-78), The Jeffersons (1975-85), One Day At A Time (1975-84), Good Times (1974-79), and the cult hits Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), Fernwood 2-Night (1977) and America 2-Night (1978). “Norman Lear took television away from dopey wives and dumb fathers… and in their place, he put the American people,” the late playwright Paddy Chayevsky once observed. “He took the audience and he put them on the set.”"

"Lear’s shows reflected an inclusive vision of America that included Black and Latino characters and diverse families dealing with everyday problems as well as broader topics like racism, feminism, and sexuality. Still active half a century later, Lear became the oldest recipient of an Emmy Award in 2019, and then broke his own record in 2020, both for installments of LIVE In Front of a Studio Audience, which featured live reenactments of episodes from All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Good Times."

"Lear’s lasting impact on American culture was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 1999. “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it,” President Bill Clinton said in presenting the medal."

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