Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On "Sanford and Son," Demond Wilson, left, played a comedic foil to his cantankerous junk-dealing father, played by Redd Foxx, ...

Demond Wilson, the actor best known for portraying Lamont Sanford, the perpetually put-upon son on NBC’s classic 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. He was 79. Wilson died Friday at his home in ...

TMZ’s announcement sparks confusion, tributes, and nostalgia as generations honor the actor, minister, and Vietnam veteran whose work shaped a TV classic. News of Demond Wilson’s passing spread ...

Demond Wilson, who was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, the son of Redd Foxx’s character on the 1970s TV show "Sanford and Son," died in his sleep at his home in the Coachella Valley on Jan. 30.

Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to The Associated ...

Demond Wilson, the actor best known for playing Lamont Sanford, the son in the popular 1970s NBC primetime comedy series Sanford and Son, has died. The actor died from complications related to cancer ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (WGN) — Grady Demond Wilson, an actor best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the sitcom “Sanford and Son,” has died at age 79, according to reports. According to TMZ and BET ...

His son, Demond Wilson Jr., confirmed the news to TMZ, stating his father died from cancer-related complications. “I loved him,” he said. “He was a great man.” The specific type of cancer was not ...

Demond Wilson, the actor best known for portraying Lamont Sanford on the iconic sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. The actor's publicist, Mark Goldman, confirmed that Wilson died on Friday at 79 in a ...

FILE - Actor Demond Wilson participates in a CBS "Face the Nation" discussion on school prayer on May 5, 1984, in Washington. (AP Photo, file) (Uncredited, Copyright ...