At the end of August, a true veteran of the entertainment industry died at the ripe old age of 91 - actor Ed Asner.
Ed Asner appeared in movies and TV shows from the mid 1950s onwards - but became a household name in the smash hit 1970s sitcom the Mary Tyler Moore show -- playing Lou Grant - a gruff newsman with his heart in the right place.
But Ed Asner was much more than just an actor:
He was president of the actor's union - the SAG - in the 1980s - when he clashed with President Ronald Reagan over US involvement in Central America - and with conservative actor Charlton Heston - also a SAG president and later leader of gun lobby group the NRA.
Ed Asner also supported a range of charities - among them the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic run by attorney Gary S. Greene -- and his daughter Debra Marisa Kaiser - Executive Director of the philharmonic also a journalist and broadcaster. They both join Colin to remember Ed Asner.
Gary Greene, Debra Marisa Kaiser, and Ed Asner. Photo: Supplied
