Sherman Hemsley, the actor who became synonymous with "George Jefferson" on TV's The Jeffersons, has died, TMZ reports. He was 74. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family, ran from 1975 to ...

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 ...

Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars ...

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Sherman Hemsley, who memorably starred as the comically irascible George Jefferson on CBS’ long-running sitcom “The Jeffersons,” died Tuesday, apparently of natural causes, in El Paso, Texas. He was ...