Ed Asner has passed; truly one of the great ones

[gohuskies]

I admired Mr. Asner’s work but even more for his devotion to liberal causes. Thanks for all the great things you have given and left the world with Mr. Grant.

[CentralMass]

1. RIP Ed.

[VarryOn]

2. One of those I thought had already passed...

But a great one.

Now, when Bea Arthur goes, it’ll be a truly sad day!

[virgdem]

4. I hate to tell you, but

Bea Arthur died in 2008. Another great actress.

[VarryOn]

6. Thanks. Another great one...

I know. I was trying to bring a modicum of levity to a humorless world.

[MineralMan]

3. I interviewed him once for an article on orphan diseases.

While the article focused on Tourette Syndrome, it also discussed other orphan diseases that had trouble getting researchers to work on them. He was very affable and knowledgeable about them. He was a supporter of organizations trying to raise money for such illnesses. He was the "celebrity" interviewee. Magazines and their readers like celebrities.

[crickets]

5. Oh, this one hurts. I adored the Mary Tyler Moore show.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ed-asner-television-legend-mary-tyler-moore-show-star-dies-n1255932

Ed Asner was such a wonderful person, amazing actor, and all around good guy. He had a long and full life, and he will be missed so very much.

[Freddie]

7. The only regular still with us is Betty White

The show, and the whole cast, was magic. I watch it on Decades TV in the afternoon if I can.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Plus, he has my admiration for being a Mensch.

In 1987, Asner conceived a child out of wedlock. Once the courts determined it was his son, Asner stepped up to support the child and became his father in more than financial ways. He didn't apologize. He owned it. Was it inconvenient? Sure. Did it have an impact on his pubic image? Perhaps a little. But he was that boy's father.

[Chautauquas]

9. Glad he lived long enough to see Chump lose the election

[Archae]

10. Wasn't Asner a 9-11 truther?

I seem to remember something about that...