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    ‘The world lost a legend’: Hollywood actors and executives share remembrances of Norman Lear

    by Meredith Black, Los Angeles Times Dec 06, 2023 4 minutes
    Norman Lear, television producer and owner of a copy of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, speaks at the 2001 Liberty Medal ceremonies July 4, 2001, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

    Hollywood is mourning Norman Lear, the massively influential TV producer best known for groundbreaking, socially conscious sitcoms including “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times” and “One Day at a Time.” He died Tuesday at 101.

    One of the most successful and prolific producers in American TV history, Lear was also a committed political activist known for his staunch support of liberal causes and for using his TV shows, the most prominent of which aired in the ‘70s and ‘80s, to tackle then-controversial subjects such as abortion, interracial marriage and LGBTQ+ rights.

    Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted and conceived the idea for “Live in Front of a Studio Audience,” a series of TV

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