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Topic: All in the Family

Producer Norman Lear at home, February 27, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

Norman Lear, flawed Hollywood liberal

Melanie McFarland
Norman Lear speaks on stage at the "Real To Reel: Portrayals And Perceptions Of LGBTQs In Hollywood" Exhibit at The Hollywood Museum on June 09, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Unique Nicole/Getty Images)

TV legend Norman Lear dies at 101

Joy Saha
Television writer & producer Norman Lear, 85, famous for bringing such greats as 'All in the Family,' 'The Jefferesons,' 'Maude,' and 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,' to television. (Tim Rue/Corbis via Getty Images)

Norman Lear, progressive mensch, at 100

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
Archie Bunker; Norman Lear; Donald Trump (AP/CBS/Matt Sayles/David Zalubowski/Photo montage by Salon)

Norman Lear on Trump's America

Andrew O'Hehir

Asha Parker

Archie helped race relations?

Christina von Hodenberg
(Reuters/Phil McCarten)

Lear: They just wanted my cash

Norman Lear
Kathy Bates in "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX/Michele K. Short)

Neil Drumming
(Wikipedia)

Prachi Gupta
(NBC/Tyler Golden)

Our 12 favorite TV weddings

Willa Paskin
Carrol O'Connor; Ellen Barkin (NBC/Timothy White/Salon)

Our female Archie Bunker

Ronda Racha Penrice

Matt Zoller Seitz
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