I Herewith Salute the Justly Cherished Memory of One of America's (Long-Neglected) Greats: Ed Asner - aka Actor Lou Grant (of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'/'The Lou Grant Show' Fame): Also, Like That Much-Beloved 'Icon' of the US's Political Right, Ronald Reagan, A One-Time Leader of the US Actors Guild...Incidentally, the Sort of Fella with Oodles of Natural Charisma, Talent, Leadership Ability (A Little like Leonard Nimoy - 'Dr Spock' - Perhaps) Without (the Likes of) Whose Energies the American Left has Languished in the Doldrums - Morally if Not Necessarily Politically (in the Post George McGovern Era) - For Decades: A 'Famous' Person with More than a Modicum of True Decency in an Era, As Princess Diana's 'Foreverafterly' Likewise Famous Brother Earl Spencer Might Have Put It, When This was So Hard to Find...& Not Only Amongst the Western Mainstream Media...Your Kind Comes So Very Rarely, Ed

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