Out of eleven nominations, Ed Asner won five awards; two for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, one for Rich Man, Poor Man, and two for Lou Grant.
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Ed Asner was buried at Sheffield Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 12. In 2001, Ed Asner was the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
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Ed Asner is the most honoured male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on spin-off Lou Grant).
For his performance in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), Ed Asner won the Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a television series award.
For his performance in Roots (1977), Ed Asner won the Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a television series award.
Ed Asner received praise for his role in the ABC miniseries Roots, as Captain Davies. The role earned Asner an Emmy Award.


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