Editing Norman Lear (section)

==Personal life and death==
Lear was married three times.<ref name=TCM-Bio /> His first marriage was to Charlotte Rosen in 1943. They divorced in 1956.

He was married to [[Frances Lear|Frances Loeb]], from 1956 to 1985.<ref name=ChicagoTribune-FrancesLear-1988>{{cite news|last1=Behrens|first1=Leigh|title=Frances Lear: 'Women Are Bursting Forth With Their Creativity'|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/02/28/frances-lear-3/|access-date=October 16, 2014|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 28, 1988|archive-date=May 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515234832/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-02-28/features/8804020963_1_frances-lear-magazine-creativity|url-status=live}}</ref> They separated in 1983, with Loeb eventually receiving $112&nbsp;million from Lear in their divorce settlement, part of which she used to found ''[[Lear's]]'' magazine.<ref name="NYTimes-FrancesObit-1996" />

In 1987, he married Lyn Davis, who survived him. When she met Lear in 1984, Lyn was in the process of earning a doctorate in [[clinical psychology]]. She later became a documentary filmmaker through her production company Lyn Lear Productions.<ref name=thirdmarriage>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/who-is-lyn-lear-norman-lear-wife/|title=Who Is Norman Lear's Wife? All About Lyn Lear|first=Katie|last=Mannion|work=People|date=December 8, 2023|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref>

From his three marriages, he had six children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parade.com/celebrities/norman-lear-children|title=Norman Lear's Children Kept Him Young at Heart! All About the TV Legend's Six Kids|first=Jessica|last=Sager|date=December 6, 2023|website=Parade|access-date=May 7, 2023|archive-date=May 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507122521/https://parade.com/celebrities/norman-lear-children|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a godparent to actress and singer [[Katey Sagal]].<ref name="tvguide.com">[https://www.tvguide.com/news/katey-sagal-wise-38744/ "Katey Sagal on Wise Guys, Lost and More!"] December 9, 2005. TV Guide.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130065157/https://www.tvguide.com/news/katey-sagal-wise-38744/ |date=January 30, 2020 }}.</ref>

Lear died at his Los Angeles home on December 5, 2023, from cardiac arrest, as a complication of heart failure. He was 101. His body was cremated.<ref name="NYTimes-NormanObit-2023">{{cite news |title=Norman Lear, Whose Comedies Changed the Face of TV, Is Dead at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/television/norman-lear-dead.html|last1=Severo |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Severo |last2=Keepnews |first2=Peter |work=The New York Times |date=December 6, 2023 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231175107/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/television/norman-lear-dead.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://deadline.com/2023/12/norman-lear-cause-of-death-1235671856/|title = Norman Lear's Cause Of Death Revealed|last = Evans|first = Greg|date = December 18, 2023|accessdate = December 18, 2023|work = [[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

Numerous celebrities paid tribute to Lear, including [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[Tyler Perry]], [[George Clooney]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Valerie Bertinelli]], [[Bob Iger]], [[Rob Reiner]], [[John Amos]], [[Billy Crystal]], [[Quinta Brunson]], [[Rita Moreno]], [[Mark Hamill]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Albert Brooks]] and more. [[Murder, She Boat|The Simpsons' episode 9 from the 35th season]] ends with the words "In memory of Norman Lear" and a picture of Lear where he is depicted as a character from the Simpsons.