Actress Isabel Sanford (L) and Actor Sherman Hemsley (R) on stage at the 2nd Annual TV Land Awards held at The Hollywood Palladium, March 7, 2004, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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'The Jefferson's' Marla Gibbs (R) and Sherman Hemsley appear at the First Official TV Land Convention at the Burbank Airport Hilton on August 17, 2003, in Burbank, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Actor Sherman Hemsley arrives at the LG's Mobile TV Party held at Paramount Studios on June 19, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Actor Sherman Hemsley attends the 2nd Annual TV Land Awards held at The Hollywood Palladium, March 7, 2004, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Actor Sherman Helmsley, of the 1970s television show 'The Jeffersons,' poses backstage at the MTV Networks Upfront 2003 presentation to advertisers at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden May 6, 2003, in New York City. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Favorite Cantankerous Couple award winner Actor Sherman Hemsley poses backstage at the 2nd Annual TV Land Awards held on March 7, 2004, at The Hollywood Palladium, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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Actor Sherman Helmsley speaks at the MTV Networks Upfront 2003 presentation to advertisers at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden May 6, 2003, in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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Actor Sherman Helmsley performs with a choir at the MTV Networks Upfront 2003 presentation to advertisers at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden May 6, 2003, in New York City. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Actor Sherman Helmsley, of the 1970s television show 'The Jeffersons,' and Larry Jones, general manager and president of Nick At Night and TV Land, pose backstage at the MTV Networks Upfront 2003 presentation to advertisers at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden May 6, 2003, in New York City. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)