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\n\nActors and celebrities are beginning to arrive at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the television industry's biggest night.
\n\nEmmy voters paid tribute to Rob Reiner last weekend, naming him the winner of the Emmy for best guest actor in a comedy series for his role on “The Bear” nearly a year after his death.
\n\nReiner’s posthumous victory in the category came almost half a century after his first Emmy win for his supporting part on the seminal Norman Lear sitcom “All in the Family.” The 48-year gap between the two acting honors is the longest in Television Academy history. The record was previously held by his father, Hollywood legend Carl Reiner.
\n\n“The Bear,” a frenetic dramedy set in the food world, cast the younger Reiner as Albert Schnurr, a restaurant consultant. Reiner’s win was announced during the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony on Sept. 6. Wendi McLendon-Covey (ABC’s “The Goldbergs”) accepted the award on Reiner’s behalf, and the audience reportedly rose to its feet.
\n\nReiner is the first performer to earn a posthumous Emmy for an on-camera role since Raúl Juliá…
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