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Demond Wilson, best known as Lamont Sanford on NBC’s Sanford and Son, died at 79 after complications from cancer; he later became a minister and author, and is survived by his wife Cicely Wilson, six children and two grandchildren.
Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont on Sanford and Son, has died. The AP News report accompanying a historical photo notes the death and an updated timestamp, but the excerpt provides no further obituary details.
Demond Wilson, best known as Lamont Sanford on Sanford and Son, died at 79 at his Palm Springs home from cancer complications, his publicist said. A Georgia-born performer who grew up in New York, he studied dance, served in the Army, and worked on Broadway before TV, later starring in The New Odd Couple and Baby... I’m Back; he later became an ordained minister and author, and is survived by his wife and six children.
Demond Wilson, who played Lamont Sanford opposite Redd Foxx on the 1970s TV classic Sanford and Son, died in Palm Springs at age 79. Wilson later starred as Oscar Madison on The New Odd Couple, appeared in films and other TV shows, wrote Christian books, and became a minister in the Church of God in Christ; he had six children with his wife Cicely Johnston.
Demond Wilson, best known as Lamont Sanford on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son, has died at age 79 at his Palm Springs home from cancer-related complications, his family and publicist confirmed. A Harlem-raised actor with a long stage and screen career, he served in the Army, authored a memoir about his Sanford years, and left a lasting mark on classic TV.
Demond Wilson, who played Lamont Sanford on Sanford and Son, died at 79 from cancer complications at his Palm Springs home, after a career that included a guest spot on All in the Family, later TV and stage roles, a stint as a minister, and a 2009 memoir about the Sanford years.