RIP: Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012)

[Brian in Mesa]

RIP: Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012)

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20614528,00.html

Sherman Hemsley, the hot-tempered, upwardly mobile, janitor-turned-dry-cleaner-owner George Jefferson in TV's iconic The Jeffersons, has died at 74.

Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas, police say. A cause of death was not immediately known.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Damn. I loved The Jeffersons.

RIP, Sherman.

 

[BigRedRage]

Movin on up to the heavenly side.

 

[Dback Jon]

RIP

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Sad news of course, but you can't help but smile when you remember him and The Jeffersons...and the strut.

I've watched a few clips from that show today and it has brought back a lot of memories from when I watched it as a kid. I wonder how much it influenced me over the years. Classic stuff.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Months after death, Sherman Hemsley not buried

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/months-after-death--sherman-hemsley-not-buried.html

Sherman Hemsley died on July 24 from lung cancer, but the late television star has still not been buried due to a legal battle over his estate and his final resting place.