Norman Lear, producer of All in the Family, dead at 101
Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as All in the Family and Maude and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died.
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![Norman Lear's shows managed to reflect the era's divisive debates about race, gender, and class in populist mainstream network TV. An elderly man in a hat holds a microphone.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.3549556.1701871161!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/norman-lear.jpg)
Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as All in the Family and Maude and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died.