Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101 [View all]
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Source: Variety.com 
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Writer-producer-developer Norman Lear, who revolutionized American comedy with such daring, immensely popular early-'70s sitcoms as "All in the Family" and "Sanford and Son," died on Tuesday. He was 101.
Lear's publicist confirmed to Variety that he died at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. A private service for immediate family will be held in the coming days.
"Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honor of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather," Lear's family said in a statement. "Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all. Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts. We ask for your understanding as we mourn privately in celebration of this remarkable human being."
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Lear's shows were the first to address the serious political, cultural and social flashpoints of the day - racism, abortion, homosexuality, the Vietnam war -- by working pointed new wrinkles into the standard domestic comedy formula. No subject was taboo: Two 1977 episodes of "All in the Family" revolved around the attempted rape of lead character Archie Bunker's wife Edith.
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"Legend" doesn't really say enough. We owe him a lot for the maturity of TV.
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