Ed Asner, whose Emmy Award-winning supporting role as the gruff but lovable Lou Grant on the 1970s situation comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” led to his own Emmy Award-winning starring role in the ...

TV and film star Ed Asner died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, of natural causes in his California home. He was 91. The actor was known for playing gruff and prickly characters with soft underbellies, most ...

Veteran actor Ed Asner, best known for portraying city news editor Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spinoff series “Lou Grant,” has died at the age of 91. A verified Twitter account ...

Asner, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, won seven Emmy awards over the course of his career and was outspoken about progressive causes. More recently, he was featured in Elf as Santa Claus and ...

Ben Stiller, Michael Moore, Katie Couric and more reacted to the late actor's passing with touching tributes. Hollywood is paying tribute to Ed Asner, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.

Asner won seven Emmy awards over the course of his career and was outspoken about progressive causes. Ed Asner, the legendary actor known for his role as the crusty, loveable boss Lou Grant on The ...

An actor can flourish across an entire career without finding the role that truly understands him. Ed Asner, who died Sunday at 91, found his: Lou Grant, the surly, sneaky-avuncular news director of ...

LOS ANGELES – Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later ...

More recently, he was featured in Elf as Santa Claus and in the movie Up as the equally crusty, lovable voice of Carl Fredricksen. "We are sorry to say that our ...

Asner, a veteran of Chicago’s comedy theater scene – he was part of the Compass Players, a predecessor to Second City – was a noted character actor before landing the role of WJM-TV news director ...