Sherman Hemsley Dead

tmz ^ | 7-24-12 | tmz

[TurboZamboni]

Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the character George Jefferson famous in "The Jeffersons," has died, El Paso cops tell TMZ.

Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas.

Sources tell us ... it appears Hemsley died from natural causes.

Hemsley, who was 74, became famous during his appearances on "All in the Family." The spin-off, "The Jeffersons" was a monster hit. He also starred in the TV show, "Amen." He was also a professional singer and even released the single in 1989, "Ain't that A Kick in the Head."

[TurboZamboni]

Get the lead out, Weezy!

[BCR #226]

He was a great actor and very funny. RIP Mr. Hensley. I’ll remember your performances with fondness.

[TurboZamboni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQQfv9kg48k

and he could dance!

[JoeProBono]

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Moved on up.

[muir_redwoods]

He was a great comic actor, I don’t know anything about him personally but I’ll bet he would have been fun to have a beer with

RIP

[JoeProBono]

[goat granny]

geeze, this past 10 days a lot of actors have passed on,its been one or two a day...

[TurboZamboni]

deluxe apartment in the sky...

[TurboZamboni]

Weezy had more class.

[DemforBush]

I think that leaves Marla Gibbs (Florence the maid) as the last one of the cast regulars that is still alive (not counting recurring guest roles like Lionel and Jenny, etc.)

RIP, Mr. Hemsley. You were a hoot to watch on tv.

[moonshot925]

RIP

[Doogle]

RIP Sherm, you had "the look" that made people smile......

[jrg]

And he’ll still be votin’ for Obama come November

[StAnDeliver]

Dude had an interesting personal life, to say the least...

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/03/05/george-jefferson-worlds-biggest-gong-fan/

[Paved Paradise]

I hope he was a believer. Cute line.

[ScottinVA]

RIP. “The Jeffersons” was one of my favorite sitcoms.

[Paved Paradise]

I hope he changed after that.

[stormer]

That’s a shame. He looked and acted so muck like a former boss of mine it was uncanny. RIP.

[Anti-Hillary]

“Sherman said what??? He called me “Half-Honkey”??”...