In 1959, Ed Asner married Nancy Sykes, via Daily Mail. According to Closer Weekly, the couple had three children together – Matthew, Liza, and Kate – before divorcing in 1988. However, Asner had a child with another woman, Carol Jean Vogelman, one year before his divorce, in 1987. He was separated from his first wife for years at that point, and openly involved with Vogelman, who gave birth to his fourth child, Charles.
When "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" ended in the late 1970s, Asner and his co-star, Moore, were both single for a brief period of time, per Biography. Asner said that they decided to go on a date, though things stopped progressing when they tried to get romantic. According to Asner, they tried to kiss and laughed, realizing that they were just friends. Asner then married Cindy Gilmore in 1998, per Daily Mail. Unfortunately, the pair split up after nearly a decade of marriage in 2007. No divorce papers were officially filed until 2015, though the pair had reached a financial settlement in 2009 and were no longer living together.
Asner reportedly had a good relationship with his kids, per Closer Weekly. Three of his children, Matthew, Liza, and Kate, are all involved in the film business to some degree, with jobs ranging from producer to booking agent to actor. In addition to his four children, Asner is survived by his grandchildren.
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