Harlepolis said:

This this chart? Bless his heart!

r.i.p.

Why on earth did he sell his royalties? That show doesn't stop playing in TV, if at all. I'm curious as to what made him come to that decision.

holy shit... read this: http://badassdigest.com/2...s-basement

RIP Sherman Hemsley!

One of my alltime favs.

The Jeffersons is my fav sitcom of all time.

Fury said:

Is Marla Gibbs the only one from the Jeffersons still living ( not counting Jenny and the two Lionels)

Mike Evans is dead.

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I used to watch The Jeffersons RIP

Awww...one of the best from tv for sure. R.I.P. Here's a funny scene from "Love At First Bite."

RIP Sherman Hemsley. Always George Jefferson to me.

Love the show and all the laughs til this day.

Harlepolis said:

LOL!! I forgot all about this song, RIP Sherman

Harlepolis said:

I'm a little sad that this is the first time I'm seeing this. The brother had some moves, that's for sure. I just hate that so often someone has to pass away before I am able to appreciate all that they had done in their lifetime. I always really liked Sherman Hemsley, not just "George Jefferson", and hope that he is resting peacefully.

PDogz said:

rip Mr. Hemsley. thank you for the many moments of laughter you gave to the few and many.

no one else could wear a three piece suit and make it look as classy as you could.

my condolenses to the family, friends and close associates of Mr. Hemsley

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This guy was a great actor and talent. He used to make me laugh my ass off on both All in the Family and The Jefferson's. Very funny man!

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Rest In Peace Mr. Hemsley

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His family & friends have my sincere condolences.

SHERMAN HEMSLEY
NO AUTOPSY
Died of Natural Causes

BREAKING NEWS

Sherman Hemsley will not undergo an autopsy ... and the medical examiner has confirmed that he died of natural causes.

El Paso police say they do not suspect foul play in the actor's death. The ME's office did say Hemsley had been ill, but did not elaborate.

As TMZ first reported ... Hemsley died yesterday in his El Paso home. He was most famous for playing TV's George Jefferson -- first on "All in the Family", and then on the spinoff "The Jeffersons."

He was 74.

Fury said:

I remember back in the 70's there was a photos boot in ebony or jet-- can't remember which one, with him and his partner in their house

What do you mean? You mean he was gay?

It was nice to see all the national news shows and newspapers talk about Sherman's groundbreaking role and place in American pop culture history. Yesterday, Good Morning America opened its show with "The Jeffersons" theme song and CBS put up a in memoriam graphic of Sherman during its night time programming.

I hope that before his death, Sherman Herman realized he was so beloved and appreciated. RIP...

Rest in Peace, Sherman Hemsley. You will be missed but never forgotten. You were a great Entertainer. "The Jeffersons" is one of my favorite sitcoms.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Fury said:

Is Marla Gibbs the only one from the Jeffersons still living ( not counting Jenny and the two Lionels)

Mike Evans...the thick Lionel as I called him, passed in 2006.

What?!?! How???

KidaDynamite said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Mike Evans...the thick Lionel as I called him, passed in 2006.

What?!?! How???

Throat cancer.

afro75 said:

It was nice to see all the national news shows and newspapers talk about Sherman's groundbreaking role and place in American pop culture history. Yesterday, Good Morning America opened its show with "The Jeffersons" theme song and CBS put up a in memoriam graphic of Sherman during its night time programming.

I hope that before his death, Sherman Herman realized he was so beloved and appreciated. RIP...

Everytime I see your ave, I break out a big

She and Pearl from 227 were my FAVE old TV dames.

Harlepolis said:

afro75 said:

It was nice to see all the national news shows and newspapers talk about Sherman's groundbreaking role and place in American pop culture history. Yesterday, Good Morning America opened its show with "The Jeffersons" theme song and CBS put up a in memoriam graphic of Sherman during its night time programming.

I hope that before his death, Sherman Herman realized he was so beloved and appreciated. RIP...

Everytime I see your ave, I break out a big

She and Pearl from 227 were my FAVE old TV dames.

I used to live on the same block as Helen Martin (Pearl) in the 80's, and had the honor of giving her a ride home on several occasions. Johnny Brown (Bookman from "Good Times"), used to live on the same street, and would always speak as he'd go jogging (...yes, jogging, lol), by my apartment several times a month. I miss those days, it was a very interesting little community.

my internet go down for two days

and you fuckers kill george jefferson

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PDogz said:

Harlepolis said:

Everytime I see your ave, I break out a big

She and Pearl from 227 were my FAVE old TV dames.

I used to live on the same block as Helen Martin (Pearl) in the 80's, and had the honor of giving her a ride home on several occasions. Johnny Brown (Bookman from "Good Times"), used to live on the same street, and would always speak as he'd go jogging (...yes, jogging, lol), by my apartment several times a month. I miss those days, it was a very interesting little community.

Do you know that you've been associated with broadway royalty?

Maybe not in mainstreamt terms, I've read about that woman's life, she had her hands in most of the entertainment outlets since her break out years, and made her presence known in damn in near EVERY TV/Film appearance she showed up in.

Pure and complete comic timing, perhaps even one of the best. I bet she was a cool person to hang out with.

Harlepolis said:

PDogz said:

I used to live on the same block as Helen Martin (Pearl) in the 80's, and had the honor of giving her a ride home on several occasions. Johnny Brown (Bookman from "Good Times"), used to live on the same street, and would always speak as he'd go jogging (...yes, jogging, lol), by my apartment several times a month. I miss those days, it was a very interesting little community.

Do you know that you've been associated with broadway royalty?

Maybe not in mainstreamt terms, I've read about that woman's life, she had her hands in most of the entertainment outlets since her break out years, and made her presence known in damn in near EVERY TV/Film appearance she showed up in.

Pure and complete comic timing, perhaps even one of the best. I bet she was a cool person to hang out with.

I can't really say that I've had the opportunity to "hang" with her, but I have spoken with her on several occasions during times when I had dropped her off at her house, which was several doors up the block from mine, and waited until she made it safely inside. And while I'm not that familiar with her Broadway career (...nor surprised to be learning of it), I am aware that she starred in a whole bunch of movies, like "Cotton Comes To Harlem", "A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich", and many others. She was a very cool, down-to-earth, lady, that I wish I could have known better.

Nevertheless, to bring it back around to Sherman Hemsley; I wondered if he and Helen Martin had ever done anything together, and found this episode of "227" which originally aired on 2/13/88. The sound and picture are crumby, but at least it documents that these two had worked together (...probably on more than a few occasions over the years). May they both be resting peacefully.

Its sad that this thread is so short. I guess no one cares about how Sherman was one of the first black men to carry his own show in the seventies....

PDogz said:

KidaDynamite said:

What?!?! How???

Throat cancer.

So sad.