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11:36 am - 03/13/2013

Ed Asner Hospitalized: Actor Treated For Exhaustion In Indiana


GARY, Ind. — Ed Asner's publicist says the 83-year-old actor, who has been touring the country performing a one-man show for more than three years, has been hospitalized with exhaustion.

Publicist Charles Sherman tells The Associated Press that Asner was taken off stage at the Marquette Pavilion in Gary, Ind., on Tuesday night.

Sherman says Asner was taken by ambulance to a Chicago-area hospital where he is "resting comfortably" and is expected to be released later Wednesday.

He says the actor, best known for his roles in TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff "Lou Grant," has been touring the nation portraying President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "FDR" for 3 1/2 years.

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moo_shoe 13th-Mar-2013 04:51 pm (UTC)
"Exhaustion"














jk, get well soon, sir.
crazyfirecrotch :( 13th-Mar-2013 04:51 pm (UTC)
djc114 Re: :( 13th-Mar-2013 04:54 pm (UTC)
Noooooooooooothebeginningofthatmovie :(
twowaymirrrors 13th-Mar-2013 04:56 pm (UTC)
I guess this is that rare exception where I actually believe exhaustion is a legitimate excuse.

Hope he's feeling better soon
rawins418 13th-Mar-2013 05:08 pm (UTC)
I came in here to say this exact thing.
lack_ofcolour 13th-Mar-2013 05:08 pm (UTC)
Yeah, "exhaustion" is so over-used. This is one of the few cases where it seems legit. An 83 year old? I can buy them being exhausted, they've earned that. A 23 year old? Nooooot so much, no.
calliope1975 13th-Mar-2013 06:40 pm (UTC)
Yep, just what I was going to say, too.
lovedforaday 13th-Mar-2013 04:58 pm (UTC)
I thought Ed Asner was in his nineties. So he's only 83. Huh.
quizblorg 13th-Mar-2013 04:58 pm (UTC)
Awful politics, but I like him as an actor.
crazyfirecrotch nevar 4get13th-Mar-2013 05:04 pm (UTC)
saintvlas22 Re: nevar 4get13th-Mar-2013 10:18 pm (UTC)
Get it, Granny Goodness.
lack_ofcolour 13th-Mar-2013 05:09 pm (UTC)
Hope he's feeling better soon!
lack_ofcolour 13th-Mar-2013 05:10 pm (UTC)
Just realized this is one of the only posts where my default icon totally works... /CSB
numbedtoe 13th-Mar-2013 05:13 pm (UTC)
I'm not surprised somehow. Valerie Harper's news gave him a helluva knock.
cheeseasauras 13th-Mar-2013 06:14 pm (UTC)
Read that as India and I was like "hmm. wonder what he was doing there".
ginger_maya 13th-Mar-2013 06:25 pm (UTC)
Given his age I actually believe they really did treat him for exhaustion.
jainypoo 13th-Mar-2013 06:34 pm (UTC)
Get well soon, Mr. Asner. :)
prophecypro 13th-Mar-2013 08:13 pm (UTC)
Hope dude gets well.
__liliaceae 13th-Mar-2013 08:40 pm (UTC)
Get well soon, Lou Grant!

Sincerely,

A girl with spunk
toetappinbeat 13th-Mar-2013 11:15 pm (UTC)
<3 Get well soon!
violet_fade 14th-Mar-2013 01:21 am (UTC)
Nooo! He reminds me of my grandpa. Get well soon, Mr. Asner!
pastelstar 14th-Mar-2013 04:48 pm (UTC)
I hope he feels better soon.

He does the best cartoon voiceovers.
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