Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family,' influential liberal advocate, dies at 101
The writer, director and producer revolutionized prime time television.
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The writer, director and producer revolutionized prime time television.
Norman Lear was best known for his 1970s sitcoms including “All in the Family,” “Sandford and Son,” “One Day at a Time,” The Jeffersons” and “Good Times.”
Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Maude’ took on social and political topics in the 1970s that had been considered taboo since television’s infancy.
Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as “All in the Family” and “Maude” and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He was 101. Lear died Tuesday night in his sleep, surrounded by family at his home in Los […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as