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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’s Laurence Haddon Dies at 90

• May 21, 2013 07:24 PM ET
• by Nicholas White

Haddon passed away May 10 in Santa Monica, Calif., due to complications from Lewy body disease, a form of dementia.

Haddon got his start in entertainment as a stage and live TV actor in the late 1950s after serving as a Merchant Marine in WWII. He shared the Broadway stage with Larry Hagman and Julie Harris in 1959's The Warm Peninsula.

Ed Asner to Reprise Original Hawaii Five-0 Role for Reboot

• Dec 8, 2011 06:18 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Ed Asner will reprise his guest-starring role from the original Hawaii Five-0 for an upcoming episode of the CBS reboot, the network announced Thursday.

The seven-time Emmy winner, 82, first guest-starred on a 1975 episode of the crime series as a rising world class smuggler named August March. August, now a reformed man after spending 30 years behind bars, returns when the Five-0 team asks him to... read more

Ed Asner Signs On to CMT Comedy Pilot

• Jun 13, 2010 11:27 AM ET
• by Gina DiNunno

Television veteran Ed Asner has been cast in CMT's comedy pilot Regular Joe, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Asner — who voiced the lead character in last year's hit animated feature Up — will star as ... read more