Television producer Norman Lear, whose sitcom spin-offs included “All in the Family,” died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 101.
Lear’s passing was shared on his website by his family.
In more than six decades of work, Lear’s shows dominated television, with shows like “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “The Jeffersons,” and more pouring into homes across the country on a daily basis.
Lear is also credited with breaking barriers with his work, using his topical sitcoms to help America as it battled fierce culture wars.
The shows, while at times leaned more comedic, never shied away from hotter topics, like racism, sexism, anti-semitism, the women’s liberation movement, abortion, the Vietnam War, and more.
The cause of death has not yet been shared.
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