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By tackling what was then a tabu subject, rape. >> there is a man in your neighborhood who has been, well, he's been molesting women. >> reporter: on edith's 50th birthday, a man posing as a detective attempts to sexually assault her. the episode was so powerful, it remains so today for many who first saw it decades ago. >> i read something about a woman, 70, could have been 80 that was raped. so, we decided to do it with edith. and it was a remarkable episode. i think the american audience was ready to have a show dealing with the subject. >> reporter: in 1979, stapleton ended her run as edit...

The act of soaring across an ocean in a three-hundred-ton rocket doesn't raise as much as an eyebrow for these veterans of the sky. however, seeing this little beauty over international waters is enough to bring a traveler to tears. we're putting the wonder back into air travel, one innovation at a time. the new american is arriving. jean stapleton was an accomplished actress in movies and on broadway, but the role as edith bunker that changed her life and perhaps changed america a little bit, as well. stapleton died friday at her home in new york and she was 90. don lemon has this look back...

Place." played in the films "you've got mail" and "michael" before retiring from acting in her 80s. >> it is a privileged feeling to have been part of such a groundbreaker and of such quality. it's a feeling of immense, well, you know, pride. >> happy birthday! >> reporter: rob reiner who played her son-in-law on "all in the family" said "jean was a brilliant comedian with exquisite timing." he add aed, "no one gave more profound on how to be a human being lessons than jean stapleton. good-bye, edith, darling." don lemon, cnn, new york. >> and i'll see you back here at the top of the hour, 8:0...

>> hang in there, honey. you're doing so good. i'm so proud of you. >> reporter: neighbors told cnn dykes was a paranoid antloner. >> bunch of sorry [ bleep ] that tell nothing but lies. >> reporter: law enforcement sources told cnn that authorities used a camera to monitor what was going on inside the bunker while fbi rescue hostage teams trained on a model of a structure nearby. agents reportedly saw dykes holding a gun. he was arm aed and managered to fire at agents before he was killed. authorities found two explosive devices. the boy named, ethan, was alive and returned to his family. he ...