What is Ed Asner?
{{Infobox person | name = Ed Asner | image = Ed Asner in 2017.jpg | caption = Asner in 2017 | birth_name = Eddie Asner<ref name=Tname>{{cite tweet|user=TheOnlyEdAsner|number=1167899086923517955|date=August 31, 2019|title=It's actually not. That is a strange mistake that floats out there. My Hebrew name is Yitzhak. My real name is Eddie Asner. Truth.|access-date=September 3, 2019|author=Ed Asner}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|29|1929|11|15}} | death_place = [[Tarzana, Los Angeles|Tarzana]], [[California]], U.S. | education = [[Wyandotte High School]] | alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | occupation = Actor, voice artist | years_active = 1957–2021 | spouse = {{marriage|Nancy Sykes|1959|1988|reason=divorced}}<br/>{{marriage|Cindy Gilmore|1998|2015|reason=divorced}} | children = 4 | module2 = {{infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office = 21st [[President]] of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] | term_start = November 3, 1981 | term_end = June 20, 1985 | predecessor = [[William Schallert]] | successor = [[Patty Duke]] }} }} '''Eddie Asner''' (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), better known as '''Ed Asner''', was an [[United States|American]] actor, voice artist and former president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/6/Ed-Asner.html www.filmreference.com]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Early life== Asner was born '''Eddie Asner''' in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] on November 15, 1929. as the voice of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur, [[Diamantinasaurus]]. He was the president of [[Screen Actors Guild]]. He was best known for his [[Emmy Award]] winning role Lou Grant on both the ''[[Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' and ''Lou Grant''. In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in the [[Pixar]] movi