Norman Lear creates history, wins Emmy at 97

The producer and writer of popular American sitcoms such as 'One Day at a Time', 'Good Times' and 'Maude' made history as he is entitled as the oldest Emmy winner.

Washington: Acclaimed television writer and producer Norman Lear broke all records as he won the prestigious Emmy Awards at the age of 97. With this, Lear became the oldest winner to grab an Emmy Award.

The sitcom producer broke the record of Sir David Attenborough who had grabbed the award at the age of 93.

As an executive producer, Lear received the nomination in 1991 for ABC's special broadcast titled 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'. He eventually won the honour in the outstanding variety special category live as an EP.

Earlier, he topped Carl Reiner for the title of the oldest nominee by only six months.

Speaking about it, Lear said: "The fact of my life is, I don't think about it a lot. I suppose I'm thinking about it more now..."

During his entire career, Norman Lear had approximately received 15 nominations out of which he won four Emmy consecutively in 1971, 1972 and 1973 for his widely held production All in the Family.