Sherman Hemsley Has Passed Away
If you haven't already, put on your helmet and get ready to dodge all the "he's finally moving on up" jokes on Twitter and Facebook. TMZ says that TV icon Sherman Hemsley has gone on up to the great, big deluxe apartment in the sky (you should've dodged that one) today at the age of 74. Sherman died at his home in El Paso, TX and his cause of death is not known yet, but the police believe he died of natural causes.
Sherman was originally from Philadelphia, but moved to New York when he was young to work as a postal worker by day while taking acting classes at night. Sherman made his Broadway debut in Purlie and that led to Norman Lear casting him as George Jefferson on All in the Family. From there, The Jeffersons were spun off into their own show and history was made. After The Jeffersons run ended after 11 seasons, Sherman went on to star in Amen and Dinosaurs. Sherman regularly worked with his TV wife Isabel Sanford until her death in 2004.
Rest in peace, Sherman. You're now up in heaven, dancing to Nektar with the angels.
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One of the funniest shows ever!!! I still watch those sitcom jewels on cable. Thank you Mr. Hemsley for the past thirty plus years of laughter. I'm doing the funky chicken in your honor.
One of my top three episodes... When George and Tom were wearing the same plaid dinner jacket at his party. Everyone is dancing to the sounds of the accordian except for Helen & George.
Helen: Well I guess that leaves you and me.
George: Yeah, it's been a bad night all around.
Helen: Well don't just stand there shorty (snaps her fingers), get down.
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PT Remedie: what was the connection to the Tracy clinic? Did you see Spencer's ghost? I keed.
Sherman Hemsley, gay or not, was all right.
Any love for Chad Everett, MK?
Submitted by P.T.Bull on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 9:46pm.
please realize that your one black friend back then was an idiot because he was an idiot, not because he was black. thanks.
100% what Chaka1 said. sadness, indeed. thank you and RIP Mr. Hemsley
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
aww, Sherman. Only 74. I always thought he was older, 'cuz Weezy was so much older (by 20 years). He was gay- I guess that was not widely known but in general he was just a very private dude.
Now I gotta look up Willis (probably dead), Jenny, Lionel and Jenny's white looking brother.
Mother Jefferson was freakin awesome.
I don't even watch many sitcoms anymore. At least none on network television
Sad...Guess I'll be watching the Jeffersons and Amen reruns on TV One...
When I was a kid our school went on a field trip to Constitution Hall to see Purlie Victorius, a Broadway musical starring Robert Guilliame (Benson), Melba Moore and Sherman Helmsley, who stole the show.
Later on I watched the Jeffersons for two years before I realized he was the same guy. I used to love doing the George Jefferson dance. RIP George
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Can guys and gals be "just friends?" Gals are "just friends." Guys are "just waitin."
I used to love the way he would go head to head with "Bunker". Lol, that was some funny shit. Rip, .Mr Helmsley, not only a great actor but a genuinely nice man.
Bring back Dancing With the Jeffersons! *kicks desk again*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXYwWOcTeQA
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It's LOCHTE time! JEAH!
He's with Weezie now. I used to imitate his walk growing up.....RIP ...thanks for all the laughs.
Did you all know that Mr. Willis wife is Lenny Kravitz mother?
I remember seeing Sherman IRL for the first time at the annual John Tracy Clinic Bazaar in LA. This was the 70s & it was not widely known that he was gay. Sparkly unicorn with butterfly wings gay. When I saw him he was wearing a root-beer hued jumpsuit (tight), with a sparkly, yellow neckerchief (I think that's what they called them), and brown, platform ankle-boots. He was f*cking awesome. I asked him to autogragh my Pee-Chee folder (I was writing an essay for class). He sucked his teeth, rolled his eyes & signed my stupid folder. He signed it with a FLOURISH! I still have it. Rest in peace Mr. Hemsley-may hosts of sparkly angels wing you to your rest.
Sad! My parents loved the Jefferson's and I loved watching the re-runs. They were way ahead of their time on the black/white issue.
Submitted by Kisa on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 11:10pm.
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Shhhhh... lol ❀ Good luck though.
OnT: George dancing is perfect, both actors nearly broke character cracking up!
*waves at PHM*
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I loved watching All In The Family and The Jeffersons on Nick @ Night.
With Reality TV taking over, I don't think we will have many TV icons to mourn the loss of 40 years from now. He was part of something great and some damn fine entertainment. R.I.P.
Remember when George first met mr. Bentley and he asked him to walk on his back !
Another fav clip was when mr.bentley went to see George and when george opened thevdoor bentley says JAMBO ! George crinkled his face at the odd greeting prompting bentley to elaborate that it is Swahili and it means hello ..prompting George to shut the door mid sentence in bentleys face. One of many repitivr gags on the show I think iirc George called him a honky too ! LoL ;-))
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
Oh no. Mr. Jefferson and his walk were favorites of mine. On All in the Family he was really good playing off Archie's biggot character. So sad. R.I.P.
Loved the banter between George and Florence ... RIP Sherman - you gave me many years of laughter!!
George, Weezie, and Mr. Bentley are all reunited now! RIP Sherman, I loved watching The Jeffersons (albeit on Nick-at-Nite, but still)!
Lindsay Lohan's costar's nalgas flew her so close to the sun that they both exploded into stardust that still lights up Hollywood.
Within reason - maybe it's me but I don't understand however I suspect u r not really him ( m. K. ) so it's all good hope my pic goes up soon thanks in advance MK
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
Dear Kisa, this is MK. Thanks for your email, have you tried resizing the avie yet?
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*sorry couldn't resist*
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Kisa, no worries! Glad Michael is helping you, he's awesome like that (I adore him!)
Good night all!
evil shoe - sorry I Thoth you were male ( Shia pic)
I remember about the avie pic I'm getting m.k to help me with it.
Hopefully soon fingers crossed. Thanks for the reminder and sorry for assuming you were a dude.
M. K. - I sent you an email a few minutes ago. -Kisa
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
Rest in peace Sherman!
haha kisa, I'm female :) You asked about avies before but said you'd come back and submit one when you weren't so high lol
Evil shoe - i see we've met already , sir ?
That's it m k I'm sending u my pic STAT !
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
I forgot how much I loved watching "George" get his groove on. Nice touch MK.
Evil shoe - dont forget bubba and THE queen of s&s ms. LaWanda Paige herself
AUNT ESTER & her bible toting purse smacking bil Fred upside his head calling him a HEEEEEEETHAN ! LOL ;-))
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
Kisa honey, are you high? You have to add an avie! :)
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
Oh noooooooooo ;( he was only 74 ! I loved that lil guy ! From when Mr. Lear introduced him as the first black man living on Hauser street on all in the family.
Sherman was a fine character actor! They don't produce tv shows like this anymore. Such a shame really. The jeffersons was a spinoff from aitf as was Maude both excellent !! I'm just thinking back to the late great Roxie Rooker ( Helen Willis) when she died suddenly and so young , then isobel, mr bentley , sigh... sad day indeed.
R. I. P. Mr. Helmsley & thanks for all the laughs, fine Sir.
"If it were socially acceptable I would esconce myself in velvet. " George Costanza
RIP Sherman Helmsley. I grew up watching the Jeffersons, and to me, it was one of a few really golden shows that hold up against time. I laugh hard everytime I see an episode. He was a really great actor...he wasn't even that old.
Talk about being way ahead of it's time, wasn't there an episode where one of George's old friends from the military turned tranny and George thought it was some woman who was playing tricks on him? Or am I thinking of another show? hmmm
Submitted by P.T.Bull on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 9:42pm.
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You hated it? I don't know how well many of these shows would hold up today but I remember laughing my ass off quite fondly! *I know some stuff was quite simple...* lol ;p
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Submitted by jerseygirl17 on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 10:04pm.
I loved 227 and Sanford & Son. I liked Amen, too. I was in kindergarten at a Catholic school at the time, and could not understand why the crazy daughter kept trying to seduce the priest (yes, I know he was a Protestant reverend, but at that age, all I knew was church = priest).
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That's funny!
LOVED 227!
Ughh, Twitter, Glad I am not on that mess.
RIP Mr. Hemsley.
I loved that episode of the Jefferson's where George opened up a museum for himself, that was open 24/7.
I will never forget The Jeffersons episode with Billy Dee Williams as the guest star OMG just LOL funny. Classic...
I loved 227 and Sanford & Son. I liked Amen, too. I was in kindergarten at a Catholic school at the time, and could not understand why the crazy daughter kept trying to seduce the priest (yes, I know he was a Protestant reverend, but at that age, all I knew was church = priest).
P.T. Bull, I watched Good Times too, though not as much as the others. I think we all knew JJ didn't represent all black people. Enter: the PC movement. Sometimes shit was just funny, that's all! And people took it WAY too serious.
Submitted by Lucifer_Sam on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 9:05pm.
Florence was one of the greatest TV characters ever.
YES!!! I loved all of them. So real, so raw, so un-PC. George was flawed as HELL and that's what made him so great. And Florence, the mouthy maid, and Weezy, the overbearing wife. I wish they still made TV like THAT.
Back in the day, I had a black friend. I told him how funny JJ was in good times, naively thinking because he was black he would agree. He was very professional and well dressed and nicely explained that he didn't think JJ or good times presented blacks in the sort of light he wanted.
Well, live and learn.
WEEEEEZZZZZZIIIIEEEEEEE!
RIP to sherman, but I hated that show more than life itself.
Submitted by Lucifer_Sam on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 9:07pm.
And MOTHER JEFFERSON OMG ♥ She and the weird-looking guy that played Bentley were good friends IRL. He also died in weird circumstances.
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Mother Jefferson. Lord, I was scared of her because whe I was a little tyke, my mom took me to the movies and Mother Jefferson pkayed a voodoo queen. It was the 70s and one of those blaxploitation movies. Don't remember the name of the movie, though.
Mother Jefferson always gave Weezy a hard time in front of George, but secretly liked her. Loved that show! Loved how George would always slam the door in Bentley's, Tom or Helen's faces. Good times.
ETA: the name of the movie was 'Sugar Hill'. Would love to watch that again, just for the laughs.
Lucy♥ EvilShoe, you're all making me SO nostalgic with this reminiscing... I wanna watch these again now. Those shows were fun. lol
♫Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.♫
Lucy, I know, like "mango dogs" right? ;p
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*too tired to scroll down
Well he finally gotta piece of the piiiiiiieee!!
Love this man and this show, RIP Sherman.
This is one of the tv show songs I can sing from memory, having lived in the outer boroughs of NYC, I totally identified with moving on up to the East side.
"took a whole lotta te rye in, just to get up that hill"
How could I forget Mother Jefferson? I loved that woman! When she died, I had a hard time watching the show without her at first, especially when they brought on the Willis' son Alan and Lionel 2.0.
They never released the whole show on DVD though, so beyond season 6 or 7, I don't remember what happened.
R.I.P. Sherman. Thank you for the laughs!
Lucifer and within, I loved S&S! Grady was my fav! And with Fred's "Elizabeth, I'm coming!" Drama
Omg I wish MK would hstd all of them including Marla Gibb's sideeye to George Jefferson!