Henry Winkler Pays Tribute to Norman Lear After TV Icon’s Death

Henry Winkler is applauding legendary producer Norman Lear for making an infinite impression on America’s TV panorama, and even greater … on American society.

Being a TV icon himself, “The Fonz” joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Stay,” and admitted it is not simple to seek out the fitting phrases to explain somebody like Norman, who achieved a lot in life, with “grace, intelligence, and enjoyable.”

Henry shared an anecdote about Norman’s a hundred and first celebration, the place somebody requested how he felt about reaching that age, and he wittily responded … “Not so good as I will be at 102!”

His level being, Norman — who passed away Tuesday — was at all times a forward-thinking man, who used his artwork to assist Individuals see the perfect and worst in themselves … tackling matters like homosexuality, racism, the Vietnam Struggle and girls’s rights — which had by no means been completed earlier than on TV.

As for Henry … nicely, his memoir, “Being Henry: The Fonz … and Past,” is approaching one month on the New York Occasions Bestseller record — and after 50 years in showbiz, he instructed us why he is simply now discovering his true self.