Norman Lear was born on July 27, 1922, in Connecticut. He dropped out of Emerson College in Boston to enlist in the Air Force, fighting in World War II.

Lear "fell in love" with Italy while stationed in Rome during World War II. Sergeant Lear flew over 50 combat missions as a radio operator/gunner and won the Air Service Medal with four Oak Leaf ...

Norman Lear’s Career In Pictures, ... After World War II, where he was decorated for his service in a B-52 bomber, Lear broke into show biz in 1950 as a writer on All Star Revue, ...

Norman Lear appears during the ‘American Masters: Norman Lear’ panel at the PBS Summer TCA Tour on Aug. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lear, producer of ‘All in the Family’ and other TV ...

Norman Lear in Rome during World War II. Photo from “Even This I Get to Experience” RE: That was one of the things that pushed you to want to be part of World War II, to actually want to fight.

Norman Lear is a World War II veteran, actor, writer, producer, director, creator of pioneering television shows such as All In The Family, a founder of People for The American Way, and subject of ...

Much of that drive comes from Lear’s past as a World War II combat veteran, serving in the army from 1942 to 1945. “He believes that ‘we, the people’ means all the people.

Norman Lear — the award-winning American television writer, film producer and activist — died on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the age of 101 at his home in Los Angeles.

Lear said Coughlin and his ilk “scared the shit out of me.” That fueled a patriotism that led him to enlist during World War II and ultimately fly 52 combat missions.

Norman Lear, who made funny ... enlisted in the Air Force to fight in World War II. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles. He struggled for several years, selling furniture door to door, taking ...

Lear dropped out of college and enlisted in the Air Force to fight in World War II. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles. He struggled for several years, selling furniture door to door, taking ...

Norman Lear, who died today at 101, had been in the TV business for more than 70 years. Along the way, he’d written and created some of the most iconic and groundbreaking shows in television ...