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Actors Jean Stapleton, seated, left, and Carroll O’Connor, seated, right, from “All in the Family” hold their Emmys for outstanding lead actress and actor in a comedy series, as they pose with co-star Rob Reiner, who won for supporting actor in a comedy series, standing left, producer Norman Lear, and executive producer Mort Lachman, standing right, in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 1978. Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at age 101.