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  1. Sherman Helmsley1:56, 2:14, 2:32
  2. Brian Williams1:40, 3:04, 3:39
  3. George Jefferson0:38, 1:07, 1:09
  4. broad market2:48
  5. Leona Helmsley4:35
  6. Sherman Hemsley1:32, 1:46
  7. George Everest5:01
  8. Hill Man Morning Show0:00
  9. mister Jefferson5:43
  10. Acting classes2:25

Wed, 25 Jul 2012|

Sherman Hemsley "George Jefferson" passed away

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If they Hill Man Morning Show on demand. Denmark I'm always online and on your schedule had WA AF dot com. Well right off the -- this morning I have bad news you may -- not bad news I have I have sad news to report. On the death of one of television's great characters. And and welcome first and foremost welcome to the show hello Danielle from boarding Greg below hello Linda how are you don't like a low more than sixty till I Atlantic and -- but yes he has. Mary said one of the great television characters of all time. George Jefferson Hanna has has passed away. It's. The. I follow. Deion Sanders on -- LB any completed last night that George Jefferson as a child. George Jefferson. Gave beyond the reason to believe that he could move on out so it -- Like from. An Xbox and I'm gonna -- he moved it's. That the ratings. Came in. Now the actor. Who played. George Jefferson Sherman Hemsley. Him on Hemsley yeah not not. Helms late Leona as Brian Williams repeatedly said last night on any network news. The actor Sherman Hemsley. As as indicated began. Playing George Jefferson on all in the family. And it was a spin off program. Sherman Helmsley has died and no one else go to play George Jefferson the way he did starting on all of the family and eventually. As master of his own domain and that do you -- apartment sky along with -- wife sleazy. And all the other characters we came in now. In real life the Philadelphia born Sherman Helmsley got is bearing fruit in the US military he was an air force veteran. Who kicked around in odd jobs he worked at the post office for eight years. Acting classes at night. He was there recording artist and a sitcom veteran is acting earned him an Emmy nomination. Sherman Helmsley out of the east side was 74 years old. Cranks it well known what do you mean by little those types of people that's not a well I don't know who we're gonna races is now over at NBC. So I don't know it's a broad market. Hockey writer. Of the person got a lot of good news not only are you really what are we thought. Where what what I -- half the world knows ms. Helmsley. I'll Hemsley is his name Brian Williams is getting it wrong and calling him Helmsley you think you would on one of the most prominent. Black actors over through the seventies now and in the eighties and someone that was in your real house -- of you you know. I think you how you think you take the time leave -- easily help you take the time you know what. I'm great now another one of them you're the way yeah whatever you're saying the ultimate insult. As as you are being played at your last tribute on NBC nightly news is is that Brian Williams can now pronounce you and they -- mullah shots and the black. He dies and you can't even get that means that you could take its time to get it right. Happier memories from eating so far. School oh. Oh we have this is very -- -- his -- hello. You -- it does come broke former NBC anchor. First of all this should never have -- where as you know. I was probably on television from the time -- -- everybody. Until the time that he was not as -- being weak. -- ha ha. You have V you have problems though with your -- in and they sound like -- I mean I. I'm back could've been an issue for you trying to save them easily. And Pamela. Luckily it and you're not German department. Yeah. Come -- -- -- with the army you have to give Brian Williams and black and Leona Helmsley had George Jefferson both Lebanon deluxe apartment in the the real racist incident here -- effect that -- -- visit the last time an African American actually held a dry cleaning business. And I go home. -- Google insists that it didn't. And it's just that statistic of this entire story is that most public school students heard this. Story this morning and thought George Everest and -- of the -- proper. -- Yeah I hope. I don't -- him beat me takes Broadway really on the other side. And the foundation aren't pancake makeup he's wearing bit -- notorious keeping him from reading the teleprompter correctly. You. Broke out remember we -- indicator and we don't turn on the. One of the all time great television team signs the -- insider I really while one of my all time favorites. Yeah. I've forgotten him mister Jefferson owned dry cleaning -- I think it was just called -- was a call Jefferson. It's -- and I often joked about the white English man. Who had to come up to the apartment and walk on George Jefferson. Had a lot on his back what was that guy's name -- to bid to me mr. payback morbidity. The what's called the islands would get that camera -- Now you're probably.

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