After serving in the U.S. Air Force and flying missions during World War II, Lear relocated to Los Angeles ... as “two of the freshest and brightest young men to sit behind a typewriter in ...
(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 ...