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  jrlo (jrlo) 4-Laureate Username: jrlo Post Number: 142 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 169.3.74.207 |
I just heard that Isabel Sanford ("Weezie" Jefferson) passed away. My sympathies to her family What a great lady!!! RIP!!!! What is going on latley...all these great people are leaving us! | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike Post Number: 180 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
I saw it on Yahoo! today. 86 years young. | ||
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome Post Number: 239 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Jul 12, 12:40 PM EDT Isabel Sanford of'The Jeffersons' Dies LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Isabel Sanford, best known as "Weezie" or Louise Jefferson on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died of natural causes, her publicist said Monday. She was 86. Sanford had been hospitalized since July 4 and died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with her daughter Pamela Ruff at her side, longtime friend, publicist and manager Brad Lemack said. Her health waned after she underwent preventive surgery on a neck artery 10 months ago, Lemack said. He did not release a specific cause of death. Sanford made her feature film debut in the classic "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," before co-starring with Sherman Hemsley for more than 10 years in CBS's "The Jeffersons," a spin-off of the popular series "All in the Family," in which she also appeared. In 1981, Sanford became the first black woman to receive an Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She had recently appeared on "The Simpsons" and in commercial campaigns for Denny's restaurants and retailer Old Navy. In addition to her daughter, Sanford is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be private but a public memorial service is planned, Lemack said. Handsome | ||
bigdaddyg2k4 (bigdaddyg2k4) 3-Pundit Username: bigdaddyg2k4 Post Number: 46 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.102.169.90 |
ANOTHER LEGEND HAS PASSED AWAY! What is going on in 2004? First Marlon Brando, then Syreeta, now "Weezie" is gone too! All in a week-and-a-half! Well, George is one of the last ones left among us (Weezie, Helen Willis (Roxie Roker-Lenny Kravitz's mom) and Mother Jefferson are the three gone). The Jefferson will NEVER be the same again. | ||
Gary (gary) 3-Pundit Username: gary Post Number: 63 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 172.141.50.202 |
Whoa...this is really a shock to me. I always enjoyed her television work; she and Sherman Hemsley were just so believable and so funny as George and Weezie. R.I.P. Ms. Sanford. | ||
Destruction (destruction) 4-Laureate Username: destruction Post Number: 148 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.21 |
RIP Weezie...to a deluxe apartment in the sky. | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 5-Doyen Username: ladymystique Post Number: 380 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.254.25 |
Things happen in threes...so sad, but I bet she has lived a full life. RIP Weezie. | ||
einnod23 (einnod23) 2-Debutant Username: einnod23 Post Number: 24 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 208.27.111.121 |
Hmmmm, Hmmmm, Hmmmm, Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yeah! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!  | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 5-Doyen Username: ~medusa Post Number: 296 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.249.241.197 |
jrlo, I posted Isabelle Sandfords' passing on the clubhouse Forum, before I saw this one...oops~ | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 973 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.43.165.220 |
R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs. S.S. | ||
Kev-Lo (7273747576) 4-Laureate Username: 7273747576 Post Number: 139 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.236.135.43 |
hi this is Kev-Lo I'm sorry about the passing of Isabelle Sandford she was outstanding on the Jeffersons she will be missed may God bless and keep her always | ||
marv (marv) 3-Pundit Username: marv Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
Another indelible image from my childhood/teenage years is gone. I loved the Jeffersons and Ms. Isabelle Sanford was one the reasons that made that show a hit. May God Bless and keep her forever. Amen. | ||
Don (don) 5-Doyen Username: don Post Number: 271 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.75.49.63 |
My thoughts, prayers and condolences are with the family of The Late Isabelle Stanford. Thanks for the memories and the laughs. RIP Weezie. Don | ||
Dinelle (dinelle_watson) 4-Laureate Username: dinelle_watson Post Number: 129 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 66.157.62.173 |
Oh my God! All the good ones seemed to die young, don't they? Handsome, did the article say what was the cause of death? | ||
Don (don) 5-Doyen Username: don Post Number: 273 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.75.49.63 |
I dug the way she spoke her mind to the thugs in the church scene in Original Gangster. Three stars has passed to the big tv/movie sceen in the sky; Ron O'Neal, Paul Winfield now Isabelle Stanford. We all need believe it or not need to visit, call and talk with our family and the generation that has come before us. Rather it be the sick and the shut in, I DO. | ||
Uptight (uptight) 4-Laureate Username: uptight Post Number: 93 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.161.239.218 |
I am sorry to hear this When the cast was travelling with "The Jeffersons" stage show in the mid-1990s, it was exciting seeing the main cast perform scenes from the sitcom in person at the Fox Theater in Detroit. Among the actors from the show who are now gone, including Isabel Sanford and Roxy Roker, it was either the British(?) neighbor, Bentley, or Ralph the Doorman who had passed away before this tour. (I forget which one.) Does anybody remember which one? | ||
Don (don) 5-Doyen Username: don Post Number: 277 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.75.49.63 |
I read in the star Uptight that it was Ralph the Doorman. | ||
Uptight (uptight) 4-Laureate Username: uptight Post Number: 95 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.161.239.218 |
Thanks Don. | ||
Shawn1 (shawn1b) 4-Laureate Username: shawn1b Post Number: 117 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.30.14.44 |
I am very saddened to hear that !I used to LOVE the Jefferson's !Shawn | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 661 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 172.156.247.69 |
Movin on up, movin on up...RIP Ms Samford. You are now in that DeeeeLux place, for sure!!! | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 663 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 172.156.247.69 |
Movin on up, movin on up...RIP Ms Sanford. You are now in that DeeeeLux place, for sure!!! | ||
Charise (mistrivia1) 4-Laureate Username: mistrivia1 Post Number: 150 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 198.81.26.46 |
Wow, again I come home to learn that another talent has passed. RIP Isabel Sanford. The Jeffersons lasted 10yrs on television and thanks to video(dvd) you can still watch seasons 1 & 2. I have been meaning to get them, but I guess I really will have to, because I miss that show!  Especially the verbalizing between Weezie & mother Jefferson, too funny!!! | ||
stone love (stone_love) 2-Debutant Username: stone_love Post Number: 26 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.30.124.189 |
SO SAD ANOTHER SUPERSTAR IS GONE.RAY CHARLES SYREETA AND NOW ISABEL SANFORD. I REMEMBER HER IN LADY SINGS THE BLUES. WHAT A GREAT TALANT. R,I,P. | ||
Don (don) 5-Doyen Username: don Post Number: 307 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.75.48.235 |
Last night TVLand did a episode of marathon dedicated to Ms. Isabelle Stanford. TVLand did a fine job of airing certain episodes. Because they all we're my favorites. Don |
