Grady Demond Wilson has died at the age of 79. Image courtesy of UPI
Sanford and Son star Grady Demond Wilson has died at his home in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 79.
In announcing the actor’s Friday death, Demons Wilson Jr. told TMZ: “I loved him. He was a great man.”
Another son, Christopher, told The New York Times Wilson died after a battle with prostate cancer.
The Georgia native starred on Sandford and Son with Redd Foxx. The beloved show ran 1972-77.
His other credits included All in the Family, Baby… I’m Back, The New Odd Couple, Me and the Kid and Eleanor’s Bench.
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Catherine O’HaraCatherine O’Hara arrives for the SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 19, 2020. The star of “Schitt’s Creek,” “The Studio,” “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” died on January 30 at age 71. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
