Al Lewis, the son of Jewish immigrants who later became a TV legend and leftist politician, died last Friday at 95 in New York City. Lewis, who was raised by his mother, an immigrant sweatshop worker in Brooklyn, was best known for his role as Grandpa Munster on the TV show “The Munsters.”
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