Grady Demond Wilson, finest identified for his function as Lamont Sanford on the hit Seventies sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. Based on reviews, Grady Demond Wilson died of most cancers at his house in California.
TMZ broke the information of Grady Demond Wilson’s passing, who professionally glided by his center identify throughout his performing profession. From 1972 to 1977, Wilson was one of many primary solid members on NBC’s hit sitcom Sanford and Son, enjoying the wayward however well-meaning Lamont Sanford in opposition to Redd Foxx’s cantankerous junkyard proprietor, Fred Sanford.
Wilson went on to star within the sitcom Child…I’m Again, and later starred in The New Odd Couple. Wilson acted in small roles on movie and tv, and later moved to changing into an ordained minister in 1984. Wilson additionally starred within the sitcom Girlfriends.
Wilson additionally authored Christian books centered on the New Age Motion, together with faith-based kids’s books. He additionally penned a memoir, Second Banana: The Bittersweet Memoirs of the Sanford & Son Years, in 2009.
In interviews, it didn’t seem that he had a detailed relationship with Foxx after the comic abruptly left the present over a bitter contract dispute. In a 2014 interview, Wilson felt blindsided by Foxx’s determination and the actual fact he didn’t inform him beforehand.
In 2023, Wilson’s final performing credit score was on Eleanor’s Bench.
Grady Demond Wilson was 79.
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