On July 27, television writer Norman Lear celebrated his 100th birthday with his family in Vermont. He also had some words of advice for his admirers, which he offered through a social media video.
He says in the video:
“As I sit here in this wonderful section of Vermont with my wonderful daughter Kate Lear LaPook, who is carrying this immensely clever tiny smartphone camera that is shooting me. And I mean, my God, the marvel of being alive in this day and age, and being 100 tomorrow. Do you hear what I’m saying? I’ll be 100 years old tomorrow. That seems as plausible to me as “Today I’m 99.””
He went on to say:
“I’ve been thinking about breakfast, and I suppose my breakfast idea at the moment… is the now. Every individual who is seeing me now – some are seeing me months after I say it, some are likely to see it years later – but whenever all of you see it, that will be the time you see it because now is the moment I say it.”
Lear closed the film by stating that living in the moment implies living between the past and the present, as well as between the after and the future.
Norman Lear’s net worth
Around 100 programs have been produced, conceived, written, and developed by Norman Lear. He rose to prominence on 1970s comedies such as All in the Family, Maude, One Day at a Time, Good Times, and others. Lear’s net worth is believed to be approximately $200 million, as of February 2024 by CelebrityNetWorth. He has made a lot of money through his work as a television writer, film and television producer, and actor. In 1995, Lear and his wife Lyn Davis paid $6.5 million for a massive property in Los Angeles’ Brentwood district. The mansion is 14,000 square feet with a guest house, pool, gym, spa, tennis, security offices, and a spacious garage on 8 acres of land.
Norman Lear put the mansion for sale at $55 million in 2015 but dropped the price to $40 million in 2019. Lear and Davis also possess a two-bedroom apartment in New York’s Central Park, which they acquired for $10.2 million in 2008. In 2001, the couple paid $8.1 million for one of the published copies of the United States Declaration of Independence. Over the following few years, he drove the documentary around the nation. The author even brought it to presidential libraries, museums, the Winter Olympics, and the Super Bowl.
Normal Lear has received several awards over his career and is a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame. He is well-known for sponsoring liberal and progressive organizations and candidates, as well as founding the lobbying group People for the American Way in 1980.
