So I said, ‘Let me go to Norman Lear.' I had known him for 30 ... Harry worships and Desiree's closeted best friend Louis (D.K. Uzoukwu) is the choir director. "It's different, but it's very ...

Executive produced by the late TV legend Norman Lear, the comedy follows ... the local choir director and Desiree's closeted best friend; Telma Hopkins (Family Matters) as Louis' mother and ...

After serving in the U.S. Air Force and flying missions during World War II, Lear relocated to Los Angeles ... Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds, in 1967. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity ...

(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101. Lear’s ...