Ed Asner has officially filed for divorce from his wife Cindy Asner. The pair married back in 1998, and allegedly suffered a bitter split back in 2007, though no papers were ever filed. He isn't an athiest. Voice deepened, and face transformed, all vestiges of wise-ass Lou Grant or grouchy Karl Fredericksen vanish, replaced by the sonorous, serious Thomas Becket, a 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury, about to be martyred. Mary Tyler Moore’s death Wednesday marks only the second death of a principal on her iconic “Mary Tyler Moore” show in the 1970s. Ed Asner Remembers His Ill-Fated Date With Mary Tyler Moore Vanity Fair catches up with the indefatigable actor, one day after the death of his beloved Mary Tyler Moore Show costar. Ed Asner, clad in the Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts, and Dodgers cap he just wore in his comical one-man show, “A Man and His Prostate,” has launched into a soliloquy. Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users Verified account Protected Tweets @ Protected Tweets @ View CNN's Fast Facts to learn more about the life of Ed Asner, the seven time Emmy award winner and former Screen Actors Guild president. At 85, actor Ed Asner apparently wants to feel really free so has has filed for divorce from his wife Cindy some eight years after the couple first separated, squashing speculation that the two had reconciled. He believes in a God but does not believe that God will/can save him because he thinks his soul is too black.