RIP Norman Leer (1922-2023)

Television writer and producer, Norman Leer, best known for creating or developing many popular 1970s sitcoms has died. 

All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, Diff’rent Strokes, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and The Facts of Life are just a few of the shows he created, co-created, or produced. 

For his contribution to the medium, Leer was one of the initial inductees the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame,

In 1980, he founded the advocacy group People for the American Way and in 1982, the group along with Leer produced the TV special I Love Liberty, which featured appearances by Big Bird and the Muppets.

Following an introduction by Big Bird, the Muppets rehearse a scene reenacting the Second Continental Congress.

Norman Leer also provided the funding for the feature films This Is Spinal Tap (1981), Stand by Me (1986), and The Princess Bride (1987), and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).

You can read more about Leer's life at Variety. 

Norman Leer was 101.