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Ed Asner (November 15, 1929 - August 29, 2021) was an American actor and comedian best known for appearing on The Mary Tyler Moore Show as the character Lou Grant, as well as the spin-off show named after the character. Throughout his career, Asner acted in various movies and shows, both in live-action and animation, with his most famous voice role being Carl Frederiksen from the 2009 Pixar movie Up.

He appeared on SNL during season 10 on November 17, 1984, where he was also a one-time anchor for Saturday Night News, before Christopher Guest took over the anchor role for the rest of the season.

Preceded by:
George Carlin
Saturday Night News Anchor (one-episode anchor)
(November 17, 1984November 17, 1984)
Followed by:
Christopher Guest as permanent anchor
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