The Jeffersons actor Sherman Hemsley is dead
Sherman Hemsley, star of the popular 1980s sitcom The Jeffersons, is dead at 74.
TMZ reports the actor died in his El Paso, Texas, home of natural causes. He leaves behind no spouse or children.
Hemsley first rose to fame as a regular on All in the Family before he became a star in his own right as lead actor of its spin-off series The Jeffersons, in which he played thorny-yet-lovable dry-cleaning tycoon George Jefferson. Read more