Lear died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson said.
Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity and empathy, his family said in a statement.
Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts.
Norman Lear in ‘Another Version of You.‘Ronan Killeen
That led to other recipients also canceling their plans to attend the Trump ceremony.Trump himself skipped the ceremony.
Two pilots were rejected by ABC.
But CBS picked up the show, based in part on the British sitcomTil Death Do Us Part.
1 show in primetime and would remain so for five consecutive seasons through 1975-76.
Lear wantedAll in the Familyto end in 1979, as Stapleton announced that she was leaving the show.
But CBS executives convinced OConnor to continue with the character in the newly named sitcomArchie Bunkers Place.
Although the show came from Lears production company, he had limited involvement in the successor series.
Yet anotherAll in the Familycharacter also went solo in her own series.
Struthers toplinedGloria, which also came from Lears production company, but it lasted just one season in 1982-83.
By 1972, networks were craving the key in of fare that was relevant to the times.
It was in the top ten of the ratings for its first five seasons.
By 1974-75,Good TimesandThe JeffersonsjoinedAll in the Familyin the year-end primetime Top 10.
Maude struggles with whether to have an abortion, which she eventually does.
Abortion was nothing they didnt hear about or talk about.
Or you didnt learn in any neighborhood in America, he said in a 2015 interview.
Although Nixon dislikedAll in the Family, the wife of his successor, Betty Ford, did.
She was a big fan ofMaude, and Lear recalled sending her tapes of episodes.
By then, Lears political activism was having a significant impact.
The pushback from the right was fierce.
As he wrote, the health of his new company Act III Communications was hovering between grave and desperate.
If Archie had been around 50 years later, he probably would have watched Fox News.
He probably would have been a Trump voter.
Lear actually based the Bunker character in part on his father, a salesman and second-generation Russian Jew.
With Ed Simmons, he wrote forThe Colgate Comedy HourandThe Martha Raye Show.
Lear also directed and co-wrote another feature,Cold Turkey, which also starred Van Dyke.
A private service for immediate family will be held.
We will honor Norman by carrying on the work to which he dedicated so much of his life.
