Final scene between Rob Reiner and Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family"

[Tanuki]

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[debm55]

1. Thank you very much, Tanuki. I remember that episode. This clip bought me to tears, I watched every episode of All in

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The Family.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a loving, tender scene, between 2 men who love one another but don't know how to say it. Still, it's clear. ...n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This was hard to watch

I had seen this earlier

[BeyondGeography]

4. Two greats...Reiner set the table and O'Connor delivered

And the writing…impeccable. What a show that was. I was just a kid, a budding liberal surrounded by Archie types, some more lovable than others. My family was from the Bronx but they may as well have been on 704 Hauser Street. There was a lot of conflict. I think a lot of boys my age identified with Michael and would always be fond of Rob Reiner whatever he did because of it.

[livetohike]

5. Crying now. I loved this show and all of the actors.

Norman Lear was a genius.

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

6. Omg

Tears streaming

[appmanga]

7. The magic those two had together...

...whether they were playing straight, or playing comedy, was incredible. Rob Reiner and O'Connor were a great team.

[Aristus]

8. I remember how overwhelmed I felt when I found out that Carol O'Connor was a liberal.

And what humanity he brought to a character who was his polar opposite politically.

[Mblaze]

9. The great Carroll O'Connor

[Mr.WeRP]

10. Carroll O'Conner was a good man

[murielm99]

14. I have always thought that O'Conner

died of a broken heart. His son's death broke his heart and killed him.

[hlthe2b]

11. I miss them both, but losing Rob Reiner the way that we did (and he with his wife) at the hand of their own son...

I still have the lump lodged in my throat. Painful...

May you all be at peace in whatever realm awaits.

[flashman13]

12. My 43 year old son just left his home town to pursue his dream. I've got to say that clip was a real tear jerker.

[BaronChocula]

19. May he flourish out and beyond

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. Thanks for posting

[llmart]

15. I cried when this episode aired and I'm getting choked up once again.

My life seemed like a parallel to theirs when it came out. I watched it religiously and have watched it in reruns a couple more times. Archie was my father. I was Gloria's age - newly married with a baby boy. My mother was like Edith - loveable but not ditzy. When Gloria had a miscarriage I cried like a baby because I had one also.

This was truly a groundbreaking show and so many people tuned in to watch it.

[PatSeg]

16. I'm not crying

Such brilliant writing and amazing people.

[mjvpi]

17. Thanks for posting that. All In The Family was such a microcosm of our country.

Everybody watched it. Some were team Archy and some of us were team Meathead, but we always had Edith to synthesize what was going down. At the risk of sounding like the old fucker that I am, they don’t make TV like that anymore.

[moniss]

18. That episode was on the TV just a few days ago. One of the

most impactful scenes and right up there with Carroll O'Connor sitting on the bed and "talking to Edith" after she had died. One of the most powerful things I've ever seen on TV or film.

[tazcat]

20. Just too sad. What wonderful people they were.

[hamsterjill]

21. Add another DU'er who is bawling her eyes out.

There are many good people in this world, but there are very few who society deems "really good". Reiner was one of the ones that you simply cannot argue about. He fits into the "really good" category and he will be missed.

The tragedy of how he and his wife died is almost too much to bear. He did all the right things, and yet, still this happened.

Then Trump makes a stupid post about it.

So, in case anyone is keeping score:

Reiner: Good guy

Trump: Ugliness incarnate.

[JMCKUSICK]

22. Thank you Tanuki.

[KS Toronado]

23. That teared me up

[LittleGirl]

24. Thank you for sharing this

I’m bawling again. I really have struggled to cope with this collective grief. Second morning in a row I’ve had instant tears watching these clips and the grief is overwhelming. I can’t even imagine what his close friends and family are going through. I’ve never met Rob and his wife but they were family to me.