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Demond Wilson, who starred alongside Redd Foxx for six seasons on the wildly popular 1970s NBC sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. He was 79.
Wilson died Friday of complications from cancer at his home in Palm Springs, his son Demond Wilson Jr. told TMZ.
Grady Demond Wilson was born on Oct. 13, 1946, in Valdosta, Georgia. He grew up in Harlem, appeared on Broadway at age 4 with William Marshall and Ossie Davis in a revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Green Pastures and danced at the Apollo Theater at 12.
He studied acting at the American Community Theater and at Hunter College but was drafted and then wounded in Vietnam while serving in the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. When his 13-month tour ended in 1968, he appeared in several off-Broadway plays.
The year 1971 was a big one for him: In addition to All in the Family, he appeared in the Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs film The Organization and on an episode on Mission: Impossible.
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Wilson died Friday of complications from cancer at his home in Palm Springs, his son Demond Wilson Jr. told TMZ.
Grady Demond Wilson was born on Oct. 13, 1946, in Valdosta, Georgia. He grew up in Harlem, appeared on Broadway at age 4 with William Marshall and Ossie Davis in a revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Green Pastures and danced at the Apollo Theater at 12.
He studied acting at the American Community Theater and at Hunter College but was drafted and then wounded in Vietnam while serving in the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. When his 13-month tour ended in 1968, he appeared in several off-Broadway plays.
The year 1971 was a big one for him: In addition to All in the Family, he appeared in the Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs film The Organization and on an episode on Mission: Impossible.
Demond Wilson, Lamont on ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79
A guest stint on 'All in the Family' paved the way for his six-season run on the legendary NBC sitcom.
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