Sep. 1—Every newspaper reporter wanted a city editor as good as Lou Grant. Lou loved the English language, and he protected it at his own peril. He accepted a job at the Los Angeles Tribune and ...

News broke over the weekend that actor Ed Asner passed away at the age of 91. His acting career was no doubt illustrious, and his political activism is also noteworthy. And while my sons know him best ...

Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his poignant ...

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 in the drama ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

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 in the drama ...

With a storied six-decade career, the late Ed Asner packed his repertoire with dozens of beloved characters and many, many cameos and guest appearances. The seemingly indefatigable “Mary Tyler Moore ...

Best known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist. By Anita Gates Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won ...

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 ...

Veteran actor Ed Asner — who starred as the hard-driving but loveable TV newsman Lou Grant on TV’s classic sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and then in his own more serious “Lou Grant” spinoff — has ...