Well, they did live productive lives as actors and actresses we are talkin about 'em now - they are etched in human history - RIP Castmembers of All the Shows WE Loved!!! Peace and Andy Griffith

I was thinking the same thing while watching my dvred Jeffersons the other day. They are all gone but Florence I remember Bently going years ago along with Lenny kravitz mother Roxy Roker. I rember in Kingpin when they went to see the Jeffersons on ice I started to wonder who was left then Weezy died and a few years ago we lost Sherman. Yeah pretty much Marla is rhe only one left and she's almost 90. R.I.P to this awesome cast,,,they are missed I still love this show!

Valerie Harper had terminal brain cancer in 2013 and was given less than a year to live but she BEAT it and is STILL alive! AMAZING!!
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Well, we can look on the bright side. Thanks to DVD the people may die but their work will live forever and can always be enjoyed as it was when the eps first aired. So in a small way they are still with us and always will be.

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I never really saw that in a show before. I know Little House had quite a few deaths but they still have a bulk left. The Jefferson's are wiped out.
The same with "Bewitched". Everyone is deceased from that show, except for Bernard Fox ("Dr. Bombay") and Erin Murphy ("Tabitha").
Star Liz Montgomery was only 62 when she passed, and costars Dick York ('Darrin') was 63 and Dick Sargent ('the second Darrin') was 64 at the time of their deaths.
Alice Pearce (the original 'Gladys') was only 49 when Cancer took her 50 years ago.
Also - with the exception of Valerie Harper and Julie Kavner - the cast of 'Rhoda' (1974-78) is all deceased, as well.
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I can't believe that everyone who farted four times on a Thursday in 1875 all died!

That there may be hope for continuity at another level of existence?

How exactly is someone "basically deceased"?

They all died from exposure to all of the dry cleaning chemicals in George's business.

In a rather weird & ironic twist in regard to this OP relating to the cast members' deaths, the episode "George's Dream" comes to mind. That's the episode where George has a dream about his future - where it's 1996 & all the characters are senior citizens (except George, of course). A very funny episode!!!
Larry Appleton: "I have"
Balki Bartokomous: "Oh, God!"
Larry Appleton: "a plan!"

Well, everyone dies eventually. What do you want?

It was 40 years ago!

I can't believe the ENTIRE roster of the 1908 Chicago Cubs World Championship Team is basically DECEASED!
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People DIE
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The original actor who played Allan Willis was Andrew Rubin, who was in the Season One episode titled "Jenny's Low". Andrew died last year.
R.I.P., Andrew Rubin.
Larry Appleton: "I have"
Balki Bartokomous: "Oh, God!"
Larry Appleton: "a plan!"

Jay Hammer, the 2nd Allan is still living. He was only in one season but was in the opening credits that year.

now first allen willis is gone now to

Yep, Marla Gibbs, Damon Evans, Berlinda Tolbert, & Ebonie Smith (Jessica) are still alive.

Even toward the end of the Jeffersons run Roxie was losing weight and starting to look a little sickly. She didn't look as healthy as she did earlier in the series.
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I agree that Roxie, and Mike Evans' deaths where the most unexpected ones. Everyone else, while sad to see them go, it was only a matter of time (once the 2000's came in).

Mike was a big shock indeed and very young.
Roxie was also a shock for many at the time when she died from Breast Cancer in 1995. and although 9 years older 66 is still young. But no one knew she was sick so when it came out that she died it was a shock.

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It's pretty shocking that Sherman didn't live nearly as long as Isabel did. Isabel was borderline overweight to overweight and I heard she loved that southern soul food cooking which isn't exactly healthy!
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