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(17,199 posts) Sat Jun 1, 2013, 06:47 PM Jun 2013

Jean Stapleton has passed away :( [View all]

'All in the Family' star Jean Stapleton dies at 90

By Claudia Luther

June 1, 2013

Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker’s long-suffering wife Edith in the long-running 1970s television series “All in the Family,” died Friday at her New York City home. She was 90.

Stapleton died of natural causes, her family announced Saturday.

She had been a veteran of stage, film and television when she was cast in the CBS sitcom opposite Carroll O’Connor’s loud-mouthed, bigoted Archie Bunker, who often addressed her as "dingbat." She won three Emmys for the role.

“The benign, compassionate presence she developed made my egregious churl bearable,” O'Connor wrote of Stapleton in his 1998 autobiography. He died in 2001.

Born in New York City on Jan. 19, 1923, Stapleton was the daughter of a billboard advertising salesman and an opera singer.

continued: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-et-st-jean-stapleton-dies-at-90-20130601,0,5429067.story

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Jean Stapleton has passed away :( [View all] napkinz Jun 2013 OP

She was far more than Edith Bunker, but still... ... the obligatory theme song: NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1

There were actually three pilots for the show ... napkinz Jun 2013 #3

CBS' Saturday night line-up was unreal BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #5

I remember dating a certain girl back in those days. Her biggest issue with me was I watched too Elwood P Dowd Jun 2013 #9

Seriously four of the four best series ever. I preferred MTM and Bob to the others, but.... NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #10

Loved Hill Street Blues. Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #35

Say what you want about movies and music, but the golden age of TV was the 1970s. reformist2 Jun 2013 #12

I would say the early 1970s when talking about "the golden age" napkinz Jun 2013 #22

No, no - ALL those shows are EPIC! reformist2 Jun 2013 #40

The Love Boat and Fantasy Island were epic? napkinz Jun 2013 #41

how well I remember that line-up niyad Jun 2013 #15

yup..... dhill926 Jun 2013 #20

and "The Carol Burnett Show"!!!! napkinz Jun 2013 #21

With my man Harvey Korman! BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #33

and Tim Conway! napkinz Jun 2013 #39

best variety show ever. still holds up. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #36

Now there is absolutely nothing on TV Saturday nights. DebJ Jun 2013 #27

We still have SNL napkinz Jun 2013 #28

I record it and watch some of the skits, but don't like a lot of DebJ Jun 2013 #30

And the few good cast members they have just announced they are leaving napkinz Jun 2013 #32

those were the days hfojvt Jun 2013 #38

Rec this up! Jean Stapleton was a good woman and a great actress. Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #2

Jean Stapleton Filmography napkinz Jun 2013 #4

All in the Family choie Jun 2013 #6

Agreed. Bobbie Jo Jun 2013 #8

An American Great... xchrom Jun 2013 #7

I remember an interview with Norman Lear Summer Hathaway Jun 2013 #11

What a lovely tribute. Many thanks..n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #13

I'd love it whenever she'd come out of nowhere with a point that shut everyone up. reformist2 Jun 2013 #14

this moment with Mike, at four minutes and twenty seconds ... so touching napkinz Jun 2013 #25

I so loved Edith malaise Jun 2013 #16

requiescat in pacem, dear lady. you brought so much pleasure to so many. niyad Jun 2013 #17

i always wonder what does "natural causes mean". DesertFlower Jun 2013 #18

Probably organ failure not caused by a specific disease. Zoeisright Jun 2013 #23

I will always remember- ruffburr Jun 2013 #19

Aunt Mary: Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie! chuckstevens Jun 2013 #24

Natural Causes TNNurse Jun 2013 #26

Yes, remember "Edith" fondly. life long demo Jun 2013 #29

RIP, Jean justiceischeap Jun 2013 #31

She will be missed. William769 Jun 2013 #34

"My compliments to the chief." Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #37

last appearance Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton made together ... napkinz Jun 2013 #42