Police in El Paso, Texas, said late Tuesday that Hemsley was found dead at a local home where neighbors said he'd lived for years. A statement from police said no foul play is suspected and that the ...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- George Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth. Rude. Obsessed with money. Arrogant. And yet he was one of the most enjoyable, beloved characters in television history. Much of that ...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — George Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth. Rude. Obsessed with money. Arrogant. And yet he was one of the most enjoyable, beloved characters in television history. Much of that ...

Hemsley was smaller than O'Connor's Archie but "he was every bit as strong as Archie," Lear said. Sherman Alexander Hemsley, though, was far less feisty. The son of a printing press-working father and ...

Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, ...

Sherman Hemsley began his adult life in public service, first in the military, then as a postal worker in his native Philadelphia. But his aim always was to serve the public in another way _ through ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Jeffersons, the trailblazing sitcom from Norman Lear that single-handedly changed the television landscape by focusing on a Black, upwardly mobile family. A ...

It’s hard to believe that 50 years ago, the iconic show The Jeffersons premiered. The show was a groundbreaking spin-off of All in the Family. It would go on to run for 11 seasons, becoming one of the ...

EL PASO, Texas • Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons" one of television's most memorable characters and a symbol for urban upward mobility, ...

EL PASO, Texas -- The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television's George Jefferson, will be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso funeral home until a local ...