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Also Known As Norman Milton Lear
Born July 27, 1922 • New Haven • Connecticut
Died December 5, 2023 (aged 101) • Los Angeles • California
Founder People for the American Way
Awards And Honors Peabody Award • Kennedy Center Honors (2017) • National Medal of Arts (1999) • Emmy Award (1973) • Emmy Award (1972) • Emmy Award (1971)
Notable Works “Cold Turkey”

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