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Producer Norman Lear (JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Hollywood's last religious liberal

L. Benjamin Rolsky
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
American flag on TV (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Be thankful — and get back to work

Chauncey DeVega
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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
Marc Maron: WTF Podcast With Vince Vaughn at the Belcourt Theatre on May 15, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty/Rick Diamond)

13 intimate interview podcasts

Ma'ayan Plaut
Television writer and producer Norman Lear, the subject of an "American Masters" documentary that will air on PBS in 2016, poses for a portrait during the 2015 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (Chris Pizzello/invision/ap)

Norman Lear snubs Trump

Alessandra Maldonado
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
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Lear: They just wanted my cash

Norman Lear
Carrol O'Connor; Ellen Barkin (NBC/Timothy White/Salon)

Our female Archie Bunker

Ronda Racha Penrice
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