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Appreciation: Jean Stapleton created a beloved TV icon

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Appreciation: Jean Stapleton created a beloved TV icon

NEW YORK (KTLA) — Jean Stapleton, who rose to fame playing Archie Ditch's wife Edith in the 1970s television series “All in the Family,” died at her New York City home, her family announced Saturday.

The player didn't attain stardom until she was nearly 50 years ancient, when the Norman Lear CBS sitcom became a hit.

I only just learned that Jean Stapleton, our beloved Edith — or Edith, our beloved Jean Stapleton– has passed. In trade in 1971, possibly the first time I was questioned by a journalist 'What is Jean Stapleton like, my reflexive response was: 'She's permanently

But Jean Stapleton, who died this weekend at the age of 90, was something apart: A thoughtful, intelligent, Broadway-trained actor who used all her considerable skill and charisma to make one of TV's most beloved icons: All in the Family's Edith Ditch.

Stage, film, and television player Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as Archie Ditch's devoted wife Edith on All in the Family, died on June 1 at her home in New York City. She was 90. As originally envisioned by All in the Family creator

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