The Jeffersons made its television debut on Jan. 18, 1975 on the CBS network, featuring Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley as George and Louise “Weezy” Jefferson. The show became the second longest-running sitcom featuring a largely Black cast, and was the first to depict an interracial couple. The Jeffersons was the second spin-off series from […]
Sherman Hemsley is finally laid to rest but a battle over who is entitled to his residuals continues. The Hollywood Reporter reports: “A controversy has been raging for eight years and counting between two individuals, William Little and David Pullman, who bought Hemsley’s residual income when the actor suffered financial difficulties in the latter part […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Friends and family remembered actor Sherman Hemsley at his funeral Wednesday in Texas by showing video clips of him as George Jefferson, the TV role that was his best known. About 150 people attended the service at Cielo Vista Church in El Paso. Hemsley, 74, died of lung cancer on […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Services will be held Wednesday in West Texas for actor Sherman Hemsley who died in July but an estate fight delayed his burial. San Jose Funeral Home in El Paso has announced Hemsley's funeral will be at noon Wednesday at Cielo (see-AY'-loh) Vista Church. Burial will follow at Fort Bliss […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge says the will actor Sherman Hemsley signed before he died is valid. Judge Patricia B. Chew said Friday after testimony ended that there was no evidence Hemsley was under duress when he signed a will that gave longtime friend Flora Enchinton Bernal absolute power over his properties. […]
Dominique jokes with the crew about Sherman Hemsley still not being buried, Nadya Suleman's addiction, and much more on the TJMS.
Three months after his untimely death, legendary actor Sherman Hemsley still has not been buried. Hemsley died on July 24, however, according to a funeral home employee Hemsley remains at the San Jose Funeral Home in El Paso, Texas. The funeral home claims they are waiting for a court order to find out what to […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has ordered DNA testing on a man who claims to be the brother of the late "The Jeffersons" star Sherman Hemsley. Richard Thornton is challenging the validity of Hemsley's will, which names the actor's longtime manager, Flora Enchinton of El Paso, as sole beneficiary. Hemsley died of […]
Ed Weinberger, the creator of the 1980s sitcom “Amen” starring Sherman Hemsley, has sued his former business managers claiming they failed to account for what he was owed after he sued the show’s producer, Carson Productions, in 2011. Weinberger sued his former business managers Freedman Broder & Company Accountancy Corp.; William Broder; Myers & Associates; […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television's George Jefferson, will be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso funeral home until a local court rules on the validity of his will. In the will Hemsley signed six weeks before dying of lung […]
