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Rob Reiner:

This guy had a strength within him. I mean, you're talking about a man who flew 57 bombing missions over Nazi Germany during World War II.

So, the fights that he had with censors and with the executives, that was small potatoes. He had his convictions. He had his ideas. And he was going to present them. And he did it. He did it in a great way. And he got laughs at the same time.

We had Mike and Archie fighting about every conceivable issue. Many of them are still relevant today, racism and guns and sexuality and all of that. But he did it with humor and with grace. And I'm going to miss him terribly. This has been a very hard day for me.

And I got to say, to be honest, I'm glad I'm getting to talk to you and other people in the press, because it keeps me from crying, to be honest with you. He was like a second father to me. I was very lucky to have him and my dad, two great role models. And I got a lot from both of them.

But, from Norman, I got this idea that you could use your celebrity, you could use your fame, and you could do something good with it. And I took that to heart, and I have done things with my celebrity that I probably wouldn't have done it had I not had that path.

And I got to say, this — it's so strange to me. You had a guest on right before, Tim Alberta, who talks about…

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