Grady Demond Wilson, the actor known for portraying Lamont Sanford on Sanford and Son, has died. He was 79.
The actor’s son Demond Wilson Jr. told TMZ that he died on Friday at his Palm Springs home from complications with cancer. Demond Jr. did not disclose what type of cancer his father had.
“I loved him. He was a great man,” Demond Jr. told the outlet.
Born Oct. 13, 1946 in Valdosta, Georgia, Wilson grew up in New York City, making his Broadway debut as a child, before joining the US Army and serving in Vietnam, where he was wounded. Upon his return to the states, Wilson appeared in some Broadway and off-Broadway shows before moving to Hollywood.
Following his appearance in a 1971 episode of CBS’s All in the Family, Wilson won the titular role of Lamont Sanford in Sanford and Son, opposite Redd Foxx’s patriarch Fred G. Sanford.
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