Sherman Hemsley who played one of the most famous dads in TV history, died today at 74. Hemsley played the cheap skate owner of a chain of dry cleaning stores George Jefferson who moved to the "deluxe apartment in the sky" in the TV series 'The Jeffersons' from 1975 - 1985, it remains the longest-running sitcom with a predominantly Black cast in the history of American television.
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