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Norman Lear Celebrated for Pushing LGBTQ Storytelling Forward: “The Purest Curiosity About Mankind I’ve Ever Come Across”

Lear's legacy was honored at a Pride LIVE! Hollywood event on Wednesday, featuring a dozen writers, producers and actresses who worked with him.

Hollywood festival on Wednesday, a group of Norman Lear ‘s former collaborators and friends took part in a tribute to the TV icon, who broke boundaries in LGBTQ+ storytelling with his many shows. Moderated by entertainment writer James Colucci, the panel — held at Emerson College’s L.A. campus — featured The Jeffersons showrunner Jay Moriarty; Sanford and Son and Fernwood 2 Nite writer Bob Iles; Mary Hartman, Marty Hartman creator Gail Parent; actresses Lynne Moody, Liz Torres and Isabella Gomez; One Day at a Time co-creator Mike Royce; Clean Slate co-creator Dan Ewen; author Greg Cope White; and Lear’s producing partner Brent Miller and longtime assistant Cindy Villa. “The thing that he loved the most, the element, is the fact that I enlisted in the Marine Corps accidentally with my straight best friend, and that friendship has lasted now for 50 something years.

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