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130 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2021 | sagaftra.org * Please note: Due to publishing deadlines, notices that are received outside of these dates will be considered for future publication. Robert Ackerman 2/17/19 Shelley Ackerman 2/27/20 Earnest L. Adams 9/10/21 Ricky Aiello 7/26/21 Bradley James Allan 8/6/21 Jane Altman 4/20/20 Philip J. Anastasia 6/8/21 Anthony Armatrading 5/10/21 Richard Armbruster 8/8/21 Jeb Armstrong 3/8/21 Edward Asner 8/29/21 Gene Babb 11/30/14 Chuck Bailey 2/16/20 Mark Bailey 11/15/19 Clyde Baldo 12/23/20 Rod Ball 5/27/21 Glenn Bawden 11/1/19 Fran Bennett 9/11/21 Ivy Bethune 6/19/19 Jan Bina 7/20/21 Chuck Blore 7/15/21 Bob Bock 4/2/21 Bill Bonham 4/8/21 Phyllis Bowen 9/7/21 Brilane Bowman 12/9/20 Robert Bradford 9/10/20 Penelope Branning 8/5/21 Marty Brill 1/22/21 Nicholas P. Calanni 11/23/20 Wendy Callard-Booz 5/6/21 Frank Canzano 8/9/21 Antony Carbone 10/7/20 Jane C. Carlson 9/6/21 Sue Carlton 11/3/18 Raymond A. Cavalert 7/19/21 Don Champlin 4/20/18 MICHAEL CONSTANTINE WILLIE GARSON JACKIE M A SON C YNTHIA HARRIS SAGINAW GR ANT AL AN K ALTER We honor the memory of members whose deaths were reported to SAG-AFTRA between July 1, 2021, and October 31, 2021. ED ASNER, an accomplished actor, former Screen Actors Guild president and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award honoree, passed away Aug. 29 at the age of 91. Asner created one of the most memorable roles in television history — the gruff but loveable newsman Lou Grant on two hit television series for CBS: the comedy Mary Tyler Moore from 1970–1977 and the drama Lou Grant from 1977–1982. His five Emmy Awards for that role, plus two additional Emmys, set a record for the most Emmys ever awarded to a male TV actor. In 1992, he received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2001, Asner received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Asner was equally formidable off screen, where he was an outspoken advocate for those he felt were victims of oppression or injustice. Prior to being elected Screen Actors Guild president in 1981, he was a frequent presence on the picket lines during the joint Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA 1980 TV/Theatrical strike, which affected a multitude of productions, including his own Lou Grant, and was among the nearly two dozen stars participating in the Evening of Stars strike benefit at the Hollywood Bowl. In September 1981, Asner addressed a crowd of 8,000 trade union members at Los Angeles' MacArthur Park at a Solidarity Day event, and was elected Screen Actors Guild president six weeks later, winning 52 percent of the vote. Asner went on to serve as a National Board member of both SAG and SAG-AFTRA periodically from 1985 until his death.