PERSONALITIES FLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA WITH MESSAGES FOR FALLEN ACTOR "GEORGE JEFFERSON"

Actor Sherman Hemsley was found dead in his El Paso, Texas home on Tuesday. The cause of death is pending.
He is known as George Jefferson the lead man in the TV sitcom The Jeffersons - one of the longest running and most successful sitcoms.

The Philadelphia-born Hemsley, who police said late Tuesday died at his home in El Paso, Texas, at age 74, first played George Jefferson on the CBS show “