African Spotlight Spotlighting Africans at Home and Abroad

Sherman Hemsley, who as George Jefferson ensured that black folks would never again be invisible on television, died Tuesday at his El Paso home. He was 74. Police said Hemsley was discovered by his nurse and apparently died of natural causes. Hemsley played Jefferson for two years on “All in the Family,” from 1973-75, then starred opposite Isabel Sanford from ...

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