Monday Afternoon, August 30, 2021
IN MEMORIAM

MRFF MOURNS THE PASSING OF ED ASNER, DEAR FRIEND, ARDENT MRFF SUPPORTER & MRFF 2010 THOMAS JEFFERSON HONOREE
Ed Asner receives MRFF 2010 Thomas Jefferson Award from Military Religious Freedom Foundation Founder & President Mikey Weinstein.
MRFF FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
MIKEY WEINSTEIN'S STATEMENT
ON THE PASSING OF ED ASNER

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Ed Asner as he appeared in the Military Religious Freedom Foundation's movie "With God On Our Side", 5:40. Asner appears at 04:17.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) deeply mourns the passing of our dear friend and longtime MRFF supporter, Ed Asner. 

Ed, himself a military veteran, was an American icon as BOTH a superb and celebrated actor, as well as a tenacious, never-say-die, civil rights activist.

I first met Ed many years ago in Hollywood at a fundraiser for MRFF organized by another late Hollywood and civil rights icon, Stanley Scheinbaum.

From the very first moment he heard what we were doing, Ed was never too busy to enthusiastically pitch in and help.

And help he did! 

Ed personally appeared in MRFF media pieces and attended MRFF fundraisers in the L.A. area. His broad, selfless, and determined support for MRFF resulted in Ed’s winning of the MRFF 2010 ‘Thomas Jefferson Award’, which is our highest honor.

Ed and I spoke many times over the passage of the years concerning the endless challenges of MRFF’s mission to support Constitutionally-mandated church/state separation in our American armed forces. I will miss his sage counsel, magnificent sense of humor and wit, and his constantly supportive statements and actions. Whenever I might get low from this often brutal MRFF fight, Ed was always there to personally exhort me to dive back into the arena and continue this civil rights struggle.

There is a hole in MRFF’s heart today with the passing of this genuine Giant of a caring human being.

We will miss you, Ed! We will stay IN this fight and never forget your irreplaceable contributions to MRFF, my brother.

Our most profound empathy and sympathy to the entire Asner family.

LISTEN:
ED ASNER’S 5/25/21 VOICEMAIL
TO MIKEY WEINSTEIN
"KEEP IT UP"
[Transcribed from voicemail below, left for Mikey Weinstein on 5/25/21.]

"Hi Mikey, this is Ed Asner.

I just wanted to say I'm delighted to see that you're still doing the 'Lord's work' and separating the grifters from the saints.

Keep it up, and anything I can do for you let me know. Buckle up.

And Mike Farrell certainly kept me informed about you.

Keep it up darling, keep it up. Best."
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