Sherman Hemsley

• Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of The Jeffersons one of televisions most memorable characters and a symbol for urban upward mobility, has died. He was 74.
(AP - NBCNews.com)
• EL PASO, Texas - Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of The Jeffersons one of televisions most memorable characters and a symbol for urban upward mobility, has died. He was 74.
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• Sherman Hemsley of The Jeffersons and 7-year-old Jessica Adona - winner of the 1998 Pillsbury Doughboy Giggle-Off Contest - giggled their hearts out to kick-off the 1999 search for Americas Best Giggler.
(Houston Chronicle)
• In 1973, "All in the Family" patriarch Archie Bunker met his match in George Jefferson, who was every bit his equal when it came to being bigoted, rude and utterly entertaining.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• Sherman Hemsley, who played cantankerous dry cleaner George Jefferson on the hit sitcom The Jeffersons, was found dead Tuesday in his El Paso, Texas, home, the El Paso police said in a statement, He was 74.
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• Sherman Hemsley, the actor best known for playing George Jefferson on All in the Family and The Jeffersons, has died, his publicist confirmed to ABCNews.com. He was 74. His cause of death was not immediately known.
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• Sherman Alexander Hemsley was born Feb. 1, 1938, in Philadelphia. He was raised by a single mother, who worked in a factory. His early life was a struggle, but he recalled vividly the warm feeling of being applauded in a school production about fire safety.
(Charleston Daily Mail)
• EL PASO — Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of The Jeffersons one of television's most memorable characters BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
(Bryan College Station Eagle)
• Sherman Hemsley, an actor best known for his overbearing sitcom roles, notably the upwardly mobile and bigoted African American George Jefferson in the long-running show "The Jeffersons" and the egotistical minister in "Amen," has died in El Paso.
(Washington Post)
• One of America's favorite television personalities has passed. "The Jeffersons'" Sherman Hemsley, better known as George Jefferson, died in 2012 at the age of 74.
(Examiner)