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Newspapers are the gateway to history.

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“Sanford and Son” premiered on NBC on January 14, 1972 and ran for six seasons.

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Norman........ Is That You? featuring Tamara Dobson as Audrey (1976).

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Redd Foxx - You Gotta Wash Your Ass

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R e d d F o x x

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Canadian icon Billy Van with Redd Foxx

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Today In History

John Elroy Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx was a comedian and entertainer who’s famous for his role as “Fred Sanford,” on the hit sitcom show “Sanford and Son” was born in St. Louis, MO, on this date December 9, 1922.

Foxx was notoriously known for his raunchy stand-up routines, and his style of comedy, which featured highly adult subject matter, influenced generations of comics like Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy.

CARTER Magazine

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Redd Foxx made sure that the executives for the show Sanford and Son allowed him to name his character so that he could honor the memory of his brother, Fred, who''d died before the show premiered.

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Michael Jackson with Coretta Scott King ( Martin Luther King's widow ) and Redd Foxx at the 6th NAACP Image Awards fund raising dinner held at the Hollywood Paladium, California, where the Jackson 5 received the NAACP Image Award for Best Singing Group on November 18th, 1972. #70s #motown #naacpimageawards

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Nina Simone and Redd Foxx backstage in NYC, 1959. Great photo by G. Marshall Wilson.

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A woman named Sandra photographed beside Redd Foxx, 1970s.