Actor Sherman Hemsley Of 'All In The Family', 'The Jeffersons' Dead At 74
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Actor Sherman Hemsley, who is most famous for playing George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family, as well as its spinoff, The Jeffersons, has died at the age of 74.
Hemsley, who also starred as Deacon Ernest Willard on Amen, died at his home in El Paso, Texas, according to the El Paso Police Department.
Hemsley had no wife or children.
A cause of death has not been released.