. >> reporter: when jennifer moore saw her husband's parkinson's disease take a turn for the worse, the couple knew it was time for him to live in a long-term care facility. tom moore moved into the west broward rehabilitation center. just days before the pandemic forced the home to close to visitors. >> he would tell me that he thought he was being kidnapped to mexico because nothing was familiar. >> reporter: what was that like for you to hear? >> oh, my heart was breaking. i mean, this is a man who i spent the better part of 20 some years with. and then all of the sudden i wasn't able to see him for months on end. >> reporter: when the vaccines started to roll out, i'm imagining he was probably among the first group of people to be vaccinated? >> yes. i said i want him to be the first person in that building vaccinated. >> reporter: but the nursing home staff apparently wasn't as eager to get their shots. according to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, as of august 1, only about 32% of the employees at the facility have been fully vaccinated, compared to more than 90% of

. >> reporter: when jennifer moore saw her husband's parkinson's disease take a turn for the worse thecare facility. tom moore moved into the west broward rehabilitation and health care center in plantation, florida, last march, just days before the pandemic forced the home to close to visitors. >> he would tell me that he thought he was being kidnapped to mexico because nothing was familiar. >> reporter: what was that like for you to hear? >> oh, my heart was breaking. i mean, this was a man who i've spent the better part of 20-some years with, and then all of a sudden i wasn't able to see him for months on end. >> reporter: when the vaccine started to roll out, i'm imagining he was probably among the first group of people to be vaccinated? >> yes. i said, i want him to be the first person in that building vaccinated. >> reporter: but the nursing home staff apparently wasn't as eager to get their shots. according to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, as of august 1st, only about 32% of the employees at the facility have been fully vaccinated, compared to more than 90% of

giant actor ed asner, the crusty no nonsense news director on the mary tyler moore show has died at the age of 91 reporter jenniferraw has more on his life and legacy. >> you know what? you've got its >> as there had been working on the small screen for over a decade before he got the role of lou grant on the mary tyler moore show i don't like you you don't like thrust him into stardom and took him to the emmys the following year where he snagged the first of 7 emmys. when i won that and i could time now. i never thought i would. >> i was referring to the fact that had we were on into our second year of the mary tyler moore show ended its run in 1977. but lou grant would go on his own spinoff series not as a comedy, but is a drama either man keeps his word to marry. just not that same year. he also appeared on the abc miniseries roots is the morally conflicted captain his performance earned him another and. >> the 80's saw him take on a new role that of screen actors guild president. he served from 1981 to 85. >> as kept busy in the late 80's 90's on the small screen and as a voice actor hi there. >> dog just say