I can't believe the entire cast is basically deceased
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Jeffersons
napscoordinator — 10 years ago(September 23, 2015 01:31 AM)
Only some of the kids and Marla Gibbs are left from the cast and they all died relatively young. 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. Sad. A great show though. I'll never forgive CBS for not giving it a proper ending.
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megafauna005 — 10 years ago(September 23, 2015 11:27 PM)
Yeah, it's been shocking for years now. Only Florence left. Honestly many of the cast members appeared somewhat unhealthy. George looked stressed out, Weezie was overweight at times, Willis was overweight, etc.
The really shocking part is the 1st Lionel died relatively young in his 50s of throat cancer! Even Ralph the doorman and Charlie the bartender are gone!
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chihuahuaboydh-724-612855 — 10 years ago(March 06, 2016 03:21 PM)
Here's the order of deaths amongst "The Jeffersons" principal cast:
Zara Cully (Brown) - 1978 (86)
Roxie Roker - 1995 (66)
Isabel Sanford - 2004 (86)
Franklin Cover - 2006 (77)
Mike Evans - 2006 (57)
Paul Benedict - 2008 (70)
Sherman Hemsley - 2012 (74)
Danny Wells - 2012 (71)
Ned Wertimer - 2013 (89)
Other cast members who are also deceased:
Victor Kilian - 1979 (88)
Ivor Francis - 1986 (67)
Vernon Washington - 1988 (60)
Jack Fletcher - 1990 (68)
Cast members who are still living:
Marla Gibbs
Damon Evans
Berlinda Tolbert
Jay Hammer
Ernest Harden, Jr.
Ebonie Smith
Yes, it's a shame most of the cast are deceased now, as most of them were middle-aged & older when the sitcom began airing 41 years ago. All of these people will live on in reruns forever. R.I.P., to the above thirteen cast members who are no longer with us.
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megafauna005 — 10 years ago(March 07, 2016 07:38 AM)
You should list the show names of those "other cast members" who died. I know one of them is Leroy. Leroy was HILARIOUS! It's shocking he died only 3 years after the show ended! He didn't even look THAT old.
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chihuahuaboydh-724-612855 — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 06:56 AM)
If you reread my post above your latest post, you'll see that I did include the actor who played "Leroy" - Vernon Washington (who died @ age 60 in 1988). Basically, I included all principal & non-principal actors from "The Jeffersons" in said post, & I attempted to leave no one out.
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storrs19 — 10 years ago(September 29, 2015 12:39 AM)
Isabel Sanford lived to be 87 I believe. She was 68 when the show ended in 1985 but she sure never looked her age just like co-star Marla Gibbs looked much younger than she was as well. She's currently 84. I'm thinking Ned Wertimer who played Ralph lived to be 87 having passed away a couple of years ago. The big shock was indeed Mike Evans who was in his early 50's when he passed away
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megafauna005 — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 04:51 PM)
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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USTVFan — 10 years ago(October 08, 2015 01:37 PM)
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. -
megafauna005 — 10 years ago(October 09, 2015 04:39 AM)
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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