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sagaftra.org / SAG-AFTR A SPECIAL ISSUE 2022 / 86 Penelope Branning 8/5/21 Asher Brauner 1/2/21 Richard Brennan 3/31/21 Gilbert Bridges 11/8/21 Marty Brill 1/22/21 Patrick Britt 1/22/21 Roxane Brooks 11/4/21 Bruce Brown 9/10/21 D. Neal Brown 8/6/21 R. G. Brown 10/1/21 William Edwin Bruce 1/8/21 George Bryson 12/23/21 Jerry Burgan 3/29/21 Joanne M. Burk 3/5/21 Harold Burns 8/25/21 Mary Burns 8/3/21 Wendy Callard Booz 5/6/21 Darlene J. Camille 4/13/21 Frank Canzano 8/9/21 Jane C. Carlson 9/6/21 Linda Carlson 10/27/21 Robert Carlson 11/4/21 Cookie Carosella 1/14/21 Michael James Carroll 1/20/21 Catherine Cassie 2/5/21 T. J. Castronovo 3/21/21 Raymond A. Cavalert 7/19/21 Jill Chanes 1/2/21 Lou Charloff 1/23/21 David Vega Chavez 2/2/21 Ramon Chavez 1/25/21 Mimi Cozzens Arlene Dahl Olympia Dukakis DMX Stuart Damon Robert J. Downey ED ASNER, 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 The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1970–77 and the drama Lou Grant from 1977–82. 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% 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.