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Writer/producer Norman Lear, left, poses with actress Marla Gibbs after she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. Ms. Gibbs was a cast member on Mr. Lear’s television sitcom “The Jeffersons.”

Writer/producer Norman Lear, left, poses with actress Marla Gibbs after she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. Ms. Gibbs was a cast member on Mr. Lear’s television sitcom “The Jeffersons.”

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Norman Lear, producer of top TV sitcoms, dies at 101

Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized primetime television with “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of TV sitcoms, has died. He was 101.