Services will be held Wednesday in West Texas for actor Sherman Hemsley who died in July but an estate fight delayed his burial. San Jose Funeral Home in El Paso has announced Hemsley’s funeral will be at noon Wednesday at Cielo (see-AY’-loh) Vista Church. Burial will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Funeral home officials […]
Actress Marla Gibbs, who rose to fame on the long running TV shows “The Jeffersons” as Florence Johnston and Mary Jenkins on ”227″ tells Chris Yandek of CYInterview.com that she and actor Sherman Hemsley, known to millions as George Jefferson, were always discussing new ideas for projects they could work on before his passing earlier this year. Marla […]
A Texas judge has ordered DNA testing on a man who claims to be the brother of the late “The Jeffersons” star Sherman Hemsley. Richard Thornton is challenging the validity of Hemsley’s will, which names the actor’s longtime manager, Flora Enchinton of El Paso, as sole beneficiary. Hemsley died of lung cancer July 24. Judge […]
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 court rules on the validity of his will. In the will Hemsley signed six weeks before dying of lung cancer July 24 he named […]
At a memorial service for the star of the sitcom “The Jeffersons,” a sign on the front door of the Deliverance Evangelistic Church in North Philadelphia read: “Today’s Memorial Service for Sherman Hemsley has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.” Hemsley passed away in July in El Paso, Texas. Reports say the actor passed […]
Tyler Perry recognized the talent and legacy of Sherman Hemsley. Sherman Hemsley may have died but he will never be forgotten. His body of work…
To highlight the work of the recently deceased Sherman Hemsley, TV One Network will pay tribute to the legendary actor with two nights of marathons. Included in the programming will, of course, be the long-running hit series “The Jeffersons” featuring the actor’s iconic role as George Jefferson, for which he won an NAACP Image Award […]
Sherman Hemsley, the hot-tempered, upwardly mobile, janitor-turned-dry-cleaner-owner George Jefferson in TV’s iconic The Jeffersons, has died at 74. Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas, police say. A cause of death was not immediately known. Introduced each week with the gospel Movin’ On Up theme song, Norman Lear’s show gave Hemsley a larger-than-life […]
Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the character George Jefferson famous in “The Jeffersons,” has died, El Paso cops tell TMZ. Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas.Hemsley, who was 74, became famous during his appearances on “All in the Family.” The spin-off, “The Jeffersons” was a monster hit. He also starred in […]
