Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx, born John Elroy Sanford, was a black comedian that gained a reputation for breaking the social barriers of race and sex.  He played the role of Fred Sanford, a grumpy old man who insulted friends and enemies alike in the TV sitcom, Sanford and Son.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289359/bio   Sanford and Son was ranked in the top ten almost every week it aired and at one point was being shown twice a week.  Foxx was with the show from 1972 to 1977.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289359/bio  He quit after disputes with the writers and producers of the show.  Foxx was a standup comedian and an artist as well, working with Slappy White and recording over 50 comedic albums.http://www.cmgww.com/stars/foxx/biography.html

 At the later part of the 1980s, Foxx ran into trouble with the IRS.  The IRS raided his apartment and took most of his furniture and other things to help pay back taxes of $755,166.21.http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116272,00.html   Although at one time he had made over $4 million a year, a $300,000 divorce from his third wife and management decisions that cost him money caused Foxx to go deeply into debt.http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116272,00.html

While making a new start and beginning a new show for CBS with Della Reese, who appeared with him in Eddie Murphy’s Harlem Nights, Foxx had a heart attack.  He died October 11, 1991.http://www.cmgww.com/stars/foxx/biography.html

• 1991:  The Royal Family
• 1989:  Harlem Nights
• 1987:  Ghost of a Chance
• 1986:  The Red Foxx Show
• 1972-1977:  Sanford and Son
• 1980:  Sanford
• 1978:  The Krofft Comedy Hour
• 1976:  Norman, Is That You?
• 1975:  Grady
• 1970:  Cotton Comes to Harlem
• 1967:  ABC Stage 67
• 1960:  All The Fine Young Cannibalshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289359/