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 ...

With Norman Lear, I think the novelty of his shows started to wear off. America was in an angry place in 1971 when these shows were first airing—you had the tail end of the civil rights movement ...

An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations.

(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 ...