Actor on The Jeffersons dies

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The Jeffersons" actor dies at age 77
(2/10/06 - LOS ANGELES, CA) - Franklin Cover, who became a familiar face as George and Louise Jefferson's white neighbor in the long-running TV sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 77.

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[+1] - Cliff Hanger - 02/10/2006Was he the British guy?
[+1] - edgarblythe - 02/10/2006I don't know if he was British. His wife was black, on the show.
[+1] - Lash - 02/10/2006I think he was Lionel's decidedly un-hip dad. The inside of the Oreo, I think George called him. Honkey. The paler aspect of the zebra...
[+1] - Cliff Hanger - 02/10/2006Ok, the woman who played his wife is, was (she died too) Lenny Kravitz's mother.
[+1] - gustavratzenhofer - 02/10/2006I hate white people
[+1] - Cliff Hanger - 02/10/2006Well Gus, you're in luck, cause one just died.
[+1] - gustavratzenhofer - 02/10/2006excellent
[+1] - Intrepid - 02/10/2006Cast: Sherman Hemsley ...... George Jefferson Isabel Sanford ....... Louise Jefferson Mike & Damon Evans ... Lionel Jefferson Marla Gibbs .......... Florence Johnston Franklin Cover...
[+1] - Lash - 02/10/2006That was a bogus Lionel, btw.
[+1] - Amigo - 02/10/2006Well we're movin on up, to the east side. To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin on up To the east side We finally got a piece of the pie. Fish don't fry in the kitchen; Beans don't burn on...

Was he the British guy?

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I don't know if he was British. His wife was black, on the show.

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I think he was Lionel's decidedly un-hip dad.

The inside of the Oreo, I think George called him.

Honkey.

The paler aspect of the zebra...

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Ok, the woman who played his wife is, was (she died too) Lenny Kravitz's mother.

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I hate white people

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Well Gus, you're in luck, cause one just died.

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excellent

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Cast:
Sherman Hemsley ...... George Jefferson
Isabel Sanford ....... Louise Jefferson
Mike & Damon Evans ... Lionel Jefferson
Marla Gibbs .......... Florence Johnston
Franklin Cover ....... Tom Willis
Roxie Roker .......... Helen Willis
Zara Cully ........... Olivia Jefferson
Paul Benedict ........ Harry Bentley
Belinda Tolbert ...... Jenny Willis Jefferson
Ned Wertimer ......... Ralph
Danny Wells .......... Charlie
Ernest Harden Jr. .... Marcus Garvey
Ebonie Smith ......... Jessica Jefferson
Jay Hammer ........... Allan Willis

http://www.crazyabouttv.com/Images/jeffersons.jpg

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That was a bogus Lionel, btw.

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Well we're movin on up, to the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up
To the east side
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lot of tryin'
Just to get up that hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues
Gettin' our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it's you and me baby
There ain,t nothin wrong with that.
Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.

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I liked the show...the first time 'round. Then came endless re-runs and it became annoying. I always felt Cover was overshadowed by all the people around him on that show.

Rumor has it that he was born in Cleveland Ohio....

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Lash wrote:

I think he was Lionel's decidedly un-hip dad.

The inside of the Oreo, I think George called him.

Honkey.

The paler aspect of the zebra...

lionel was georges son.

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Dangnabit. You are correct.

Lionel's father in law.

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A few years ago when the media exposed Thomas Jefferson having fathered a child with his slave Sally Hemmings an editorial cartoon was published:

It was a drawing of Weezie and George happily clutching their suitcases, running toward Monticello and singing "We're movin on up..."

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blueveinedthrobber wrote:

Lash wrote:
I think he was Lionel's decidedly un-hip dad.

The inside of the Oreo, I think George called him.

Honkey.

The paler aspect of the zebra...

lionel was georges son.

And that brings up an observation: The Willis' were childless. I have a feeling their mixed marriage was enough for the network. They didn't want the public to perceive that a mixed couple might actually fornicate.

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But...I thought Lionel married their zebra daughter?
What was her name?

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Jenny?

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THAT'S IT!!!

<Charlie Brown is blown in concentric backward loops>

Retort, Cliff?

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S***, there goes my childless thought, the daughter didn't make appearences too often, or did she? Despite my mistake, she was not memorable.

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