GRAND Magazine- Winter 2020 - 21

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Ted Danson was born
on December 29, 1947
in San Diego, California.
He started acting on the
soap opera Somerset
before moving to The
Doctors in 1977. He
also had guest roles on
Laverne and Shirley, B.J.
and the Bear, Family, Taxi
and Magnum, P.I. In 1982,
he was cast as a lead in
Cheers, where he earned
11 Emmy nominations
and nine Golden Globe
nominations, winning each twice. He later reprised his
role in guest spots on Frasier, The Jim Henson Hour
and The Simpsons. He later starred in Something About
Amelia, earning a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for his work. He starred in Ink and Gulliver's Travels
before landing on the longer-running show Becker,
which aired from 1998 to 2004.
He also starred in Help Me Help You and Damages,
the latter role earning him another Emmy nomination.
He received another Emmy nomination for his role in
Rescue Me. He starred in Bored to Death and joined the
cast of CSI in 2011 and CSI: Cyber. Danson was cast in
the sitcom The Good Place. He has had roles in other
movies such as Three Men and a Baby, Cousins, Made in
America and Saving Private Ryan.
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love... Ironic how life works in those moment. Once
you throw up your arms and surrender, a lot of times
things come your way."
Danson told Closer, "If I corrected my mistakes -
which are cringers - would I take them away if it were
to alter anything about where I am now? No," he said,
"Life is messy. The older I get, the more I realize it's
okay to be imperfect. Because you can still grow and
make changes in your life."
Just two of the sweetest examples of them professing their adoration: "I'm ridiculously in love with him,"
Steenburgen confessed to Closer. "I find him endlessly
fascinating. He surprises me all the time and most of
all he makes me laugh."
"I get nervous around her because I want to
impress her. I am the luckiest," Ted replied. "When I
die, I will have known in this life what it is to love as a
human being and to be loved, and I am so grateful."
Washington, DC - Oct 25, 2019, Ted Danson arrested as he and other demonstrators called
Congress for action to address climate change.
And for someone who on
Photo credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP
has plenty of (fictional)
Cheers. But fewer realize that over the course of the
experience with the
past two-and-a-half decades, Danson has tirelessly
afterlife, that's pretty
devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming
high praise.
global catastrophe - the massive destruction of our
planet's oceanic biosystems and the complete collapse
Ted Danson:
of the world's major commercial fisheries.
passionate and
active ocean
environmentalist
Most people
know Ted Danson
as the affable bartender Sam Malone
in the long-running
television series

Wendy Schuman held editorial posts at
Parents Magazine, Mademoiselle, and
Beliefnet. She's the co-author of "Millennials
in Wonderland" and co-founder of Grad Life
Choices. She is also a freelance writer in West
Orange, NJ and a proud grandmom.

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