MN Year In Review: 11 Black Stars We Lost In 2012

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Sherman Hemsley

On July 24, the world lost Sherman Hemsley; the actor who charismatically brought George Jefferson to life on the hit TV show, “The Jeffersons.” Hemsley was 74 when he died in his Texas home from “superior vena cava syndrome,” a complication of lung cancer.

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