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2. Redd Foxx - Wikipedia

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   Redd Foxx is buried at Palm Memorial Park (aka Palm Eastern Cemetery) in Las Vegas, Nevada. [9] His burial was entirely paid for and handled by longtime friend Eddie Murphy. [41] Redd Foxx's mother, Mary Sanford Carson (1903–1993), outlived her son by two years. She had been lingering in and out of a coma for a few years before her death in 1993.

3. Fred G. Sanford - Wikipedia

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   Fred G. Sanford is a fictional character portrayed by actor/comedian Redd Foxx on the 1972–1977 NBC sitcom Sanford and Son [1] and the 1980–1981 NBC sitcom Sanford. [2]Foxx, whose real name was John Elroy Sanford, [3] modeled the character after his real-life older brother, Fred Glenn Sanford, Jr., who had died in 1965, seven years before the show premiered.

4. Reynaldo Rey - Wikipedia

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   From there he performed in Europe, Asia and Africa for two years. Rey has appeared in 52 movies, including Friday, House Party 3, White Men Can't Jump, A Rage in Harlem, and Harlem Nights, where he appeared with the likes of Redd Foxx (his mentor, for whom he often opened shows), Della Reese, Richard Pryor, Arsenio Hall, and Eddie Murphy.

5. Sanford and Son - Wikipedia

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   Although Foxx was still absent for production of the first three shows of Season 4, NBC aired his return as the season premiere and delayed showing the previously taped episodes. In 1977, rival network ABC lured Foxx away with a large sum to host his variety show, The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour , ending Sanford and Son , which had been gradually ...

6. Trash of the Titans - Wikipedia

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   Ray Patterson (Steve Martin) leaves the stage to the Sanford and Son theme music, in the reference to the Redd Foxx incident. The scene where Ray Patterson is reinstated (to which he enters and exits to the Sanford and Son theme song) was a reference to a moment that occurred during a stand-up show of comedian Redd Foxx (who starred on Sanford ...

7. Paul Mooney (comedian) - Wikipedia

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   Paul Gladney (August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021), better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, and actor. [1] He collaborated with Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, wrote for comedian Richard Pryor and the television series Sanford and Son, In Living Color and Chappelle's Show, as well as acting in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), the Spike Lee-directed ...