Ben Stiller, Michael Moore, Katie Couric and more reacted to the late actor’s passing with touching tributes.
Hollywood is paying tribute to Ed Asner, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.
Following the news of the late “Mary Tyler Moore Show” star’s death, celebrities — including several of Asner’s co-stars — began honoring him on Twitter with heartfelt anecdotes about the legendary actor.
“Sending love to The great Ed Asner’s family,” Ben Stiller tweeted. “An icon because he was such a beautiful, funny and totally honest actor. No one like him.”
“RIP #EdAsner, forever Lou Grant to me,” wrote Katie Couric, referencing Asner’s role in the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its “Lou Grant” spinoff. “Thank you for the laughs and for a life of intelligence and integrity. 1929-2021.”
In his tribute, filmmaker Michael Moore revealed Asner helped him finance his first project.
“Making my 1st film, ‘Roger & Me,’ I was broke so I wrote to some famous people to ask for help,” Moore said. “Only one responded: Ed Asner. ‘I don’t know you, kid, but here’s 500 bucks’ said the note attached to the check. ‘Sounds like it’ll be a great film. I was an autoworker once.’ R.I.P. Ed.”
“A great man…a great actor… a great life,” tweeted Mark Hamill, who worked on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” with Asner. “Thank you Mr. Asner. #RIP.”
Pop rock singer Richard Marx shared that just a few days before Asner’s passing, Asner had actually sent him a tweet in which he offered his condolences over the death of Marx’s mom.
“So sorry Richard. May her memory forever be a Blessing,” Asner tweeted on August 24. Marx retweeted the message on Sunday, writing, “RIP kind sir. That in the last week of your life you took the time to send these words to me, someone you never met, says everything about the human you were. Not nearly enough like you. My love and condolences to your family. You will be very missed.”
In another post proving how active Asner was on social media to those he didn’t even know, screenwriter Larry Karaszewski revealed that the late actor reached out to him in 2019 to share how much he loved his film, “Dolemite Is My Name.”
“Ed Asner was such a good guy — I didn’t know him at all but when ‘Dolemite’ was released he contacted me out of the blue to say how much he enjoyed it,” Karaszewski wrote alongside a screenshot of their Twitter DM exchange. “What a mensch. R.I.P.”
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