Ed is the kind of person even dogs and cats love," Art Carney
once said. Indeed, everyone fell for upbeat, slow-witted Ed
Norton. As Jackie Gleason's foil on The Honeymooners in the
'50s, Carney, who died at 85 on Nov. 9 in Chester, Conn., after
a long illness, was the world's funniest—and most famous—sewer
worker. "The minute I saw the guy act," Gleason said, "I knew
I'd have to work twice as hard for laughs."  Born Irish Catholic
in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Carney appeared in 23 films, winning an
Oscar for 1974's Harry and Tonto. But as Norton he collected
five of seven Emmys. "Art was so appealing because people could
identify with him," says Joyce Randolph, who played his wife,
Trixie. "He and Jackie were like Everyman."  Carney had his
share of Everyman difficulties. Despondent over the end of his
26-year marriage to high school sweetheart Jean Myers, with whom
he had three children, he had a breakdown in 1965. He married
Barbara Isaac, then divorced her and remarried Myers in '79. In
later years he spent most