With his family in Vermont, television creator Norman Lear celebrated his 100th birthday on July 27. He also shared some words of wisdom via a social media video with his followers.
In the video, he states:
“As I sit here in this beautiful area of Vermont with my lovely daughter Kate Lear LaPook, who is carrying this incredibly intelligent tiny smartphone camera that is photographing me. And my God, what a miracle it is to be alive in this day and age and to be 100 the following day. Are you hearing me correctly? Tomorrow I’ll turn 100 years old. That strikes me as being as credible as, “Today I’m 99.”
He continued, saying:
“I’ve been considering breakfast, and I suppose my current breakfast concept is the present. Regardless of when you all see it, that will be the time you see it since now is the moment I say it. Some people are seeing me now months after I say it, while others will probably see it years from now.
Living in the moment, according to Lear, is straddling the present and the past as well as the present and the future.
What is the Net Worth Of Norman Lear?
Norman Lear has created, conceptualized, written, and developed about 100 programs. He became well-known thanks to roles in comedies from the 1970s including All in the Family, Maude, One Day at a Time, and Good Times, among others.
Lear’s net worth is around $200 million. He has earned a sizable sum of money from his work as an actor, producer, and writer for television. Lear and his wife Lyn Davis spent $6.5 million on a sizable home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1995.
The estate is 14,000 square feet in size and sits on 8 acres of ground. It has a guest house, a pool, a gym, a sauna, tennis courts, security offices, and a large garage.
In 2015, Norman Lear listed the property for sale for $55 million, but by 2019, the asking price had been reduced to $40 million. Lear and Davis also own a two-bedroom condo in Central Park, New York, which they bought in 2008 for $10.2 million.
One of the published copies of the United States Declaration of Independence was purchased by the couple in 2001 for $8.1 million. He drove the documentary across the country for an ensuing couple of years. Even the Winter Olympics, Super Bowl, presidential libraries, and museums hosted it.
In addition to becoming a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame, Normal Lear has won other accolades throughout his career. He established the lobbying organization People for the American Way in 1980 and is well-recognized for supporting liberal and progressive causes and politicians.
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