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	Redd Foxx: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Elroy Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 - October 11, 1991) was an American (A native or inhabitant of the United States) comedian best known for his starring role on the television sitcom (A situation comedy) Sanford and Son (additional info and facts about Sanford and Son).
		Foxx had numerous battles with the IRS (The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections) that culminated in a 1989 "raid" in which agents seized his house and assets.
		Foxx appeared to be making a comeback with the 1991 series "The Royal Family" in which he co-starred with his long time friend Della Reese (additional info and facts about Della Reese) when a fatal heart attack felled him on the set.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/redd_foxx.htm (406 words)

	Encyclopedia: Redd Foxx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Redd Foxx (born John Elroy Sanford, December 9, 1922, died October 11, 1991) was an American comedian best known for his starring role on the television sitcom Sanford and Son.
		Redd Foxx was a seasoned nightclub performer and he used the one-hour format to reveal more of himself on this series (he was also executive producer), often addressing the problems the show was having in his monologues.
		Redd Foxx often took questions from the audience, which led to some hilarious exchanges and gave the comedian a chance to exhibit his razor sharp wit.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Redd-Foxx (1473 words)

	Redd Foxx: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Foxx was born John Elroy Sanford in St. Louis on December 9, 1922.
		Foxx was performing at Los Angeles' Club Oasis when a representative from the tiny Dooto label contacted him about cutting an album; the comedian agreed, and was paid $25 to record Laff of the Party, the first of over 50 albums of Foxx's racy anecdotes.
		Although the film flopped, Foxx's career was renewed, and in 1991 he began work on a new sitcom, The Royal Family; tragically, he suffered a heart attack on the series' set and died on October 11, 1991.
	www.music.com /person/redd_foxx/1 (754 words)

	Sanford and Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Redd Foxx was arguably the genius of the show, playing Sanford as a sarcastic, stubborn, and argumentative antiques and junk dealer whose frequent money-making schemes routinely backfired and created more troubles.
		Redd Foxx played a dual role as himself and as Fred Sanford in Season 6 episode "Redd Meets Fred." There was a casting call for actors who looked like Foxx for a film project, and Fred decided to audition.
		Redd Foxx and LaWanda Page had been friends since childhood, and she was his first and only choice to play Fred's sister-in-law Esther.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sanford_and_Son (1658 words)

	The Ironic Death of Redd Foxx
		Foxx became relatively well-known in 1955 with his hilarious party album 'Laff of the Party', wall to wall raunchy stories recorded before a live audience.
		Foxx had a bitter contract dispute with producers Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin, he felt he was being taken advantage of.
		Foxx walked off the set and sat out a half-season in 1975, entering into a public dispute over the fact that NBC wouldn't give him a dressing room with a window.
	www.tvparty.com /mysfoxx.html (522 words)

	Biography for Redd Foxx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Foxx claimed the show's writers and producers did not do enough to promote the fl experience, and in general complained there were not enough fl writers or producers in the entertainment industry.
		Redd Foxx looked like he was finding success twenty years after Sanford and Son with "The Royal Family" (1991).
		Redd Foxx will be remembered as a pioneering comedian who influenced generations of comedians and breaking racial ground for the entertainment industry and his influence seems as strong as ever.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0289359/bio (974 words)

	Cringe Humor - Comedy That Questions Your Morality
		Foxx was performing at Los Angeles' Club Oasis when a representative from the tiny Dooto label contacted him about cutting an album.
		The short-lived programs Sanford, The Redd Foxx Show, and The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour followed; additionally, he starred in the 1976 feature Norman, Is That You?, and became a Las Vegas headliner.
		Although the film flopped, Foxx's career was renewed, and in 1991 he began work on a new sitcom, The Royal Family.
	www.cringehumor.net /legends/foxx.htm (580 words)

	Amazon.ca: Live & Dirty, Vol. 1 [Import] [Live]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Foxx's timing and friendly way of dealing with his audience are things which comedians today would be wise to pick up on.
		Foxx was one of the true masters of his craft and, for the most part, his delivery was creative and often very subtle.
		Redd Foxx was before my time, but his comedy remains as potent today as it was during my father's.
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	SANFORD AND SON FAQ
		Redd Foxx spent many years as a stand-up night club comic with a reputation for outrageous and bawdy humor.
		An attempt was made at a revival in 1980 with Foxx returning to the series "Sanford," but the nation's taste for television had migrated south to "Dallas" and "The Dukes of Hazzard," dooming "Sanford" to one season.
		Foxx revealed that he had turned down a $50,000 bonus to finish the last 5 shows due to "Work conditions".
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	Official Site of Redd Foxx
		Meanwhile, Foxx launched his own show, "The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour." He was executive producer of the program, which first aired on September 15, 1977, and cast him alongside Sarah Hardy, Slappy White, "Iron Jaw" Wilson, Billy Barty, Hal Smith, Bill Saluga and The Gerald Wilson Orchestra.
		Foxx was excited about the variety show's open forum, and planned to take full advantage of the opportunity.
		Foxx's albums stand as proof of his legacy as they continue to sell, topping out at over 15 million copies sold.
	www.cmgww.com /stars/foxx/biography.html (783 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Redd Foxx
		Redd Foxx is best remembered for his role as junk dealer Fred G. Sanford,; the cantankerous but lovable elderly widower of NBC's hit comedy Sanford and Son(1972-1977).
		Foxx left Sanford and Son at the end of the 1976-77 season amidst reported contract disputes with the producers and an argument with NBC over an appropriate dressing room.
		He signed with ABC for the Redd Foxx Comedy Hour, in which he spotlighted some of his old show business friends, and communicated his version of events in American history in a regular spot called "The History of the Black in America." The show, however, proved a ratings bomb and lasted only a few months.
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	Sanford and Son
		Foxx (born John Elroy Sanford) was no newcomer to the entertainment industry.
		It was Foxx's enormously funny portrayal of sixty-five year old Fred G. Sanford that quickly earned Sanford and Son a place among the top-ten watched television programs to air on NBC television.
		Moreover, Foxx believed that his efforts were not appreciated, and in 1977 he left NBC for his own variety show on ABC.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/sanfordands/sanfordands.htm (658 words)

	REDD FOXX Autograph
		Redd Foxx (1922-1991) began doing stand up comedy on the infamous "chitlin" citcuit in the 1940s and 1950s.
		Foxx starred on his own television show from 1972-1977, Sanford and Son, playing Fred Sanford, owner of a junkyard with his son in Watts, a bad neighborhood in Los Angeles.
		Foxx was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor (1973-1976), winning in 1973, and was nominated for three Emmy Awards (1972-1974).
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	321 -> Music, Music, Music: Uncensored by Redd Foxx \| Order now @ 321-music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Foxx was one of the masters of this type of craftiness.
		Foxx saw hard times when he was starting out in comedy, and I get the impression that he was sensitive to the fact that perhaps some of his audience might've been going through some hard times, as well.
		Even years after the material was initially recorded, whenever you let Redd Foxx take a spin on your turntable or in your CD player, be it in the form of Uncensored or any of his many other albums, you end up in a better mood.
	www.321-music.com /t231846/uncensored.html (555 words)

	The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
		Wilson asked NBC for a huge raise to be the solo star of 'Sanford and Son' sans Redd Foxx, NBC passed - remembering Wilson's huge cocaine habit, rampant paranoia and reports that he once chased Norman Lear down the hall with a gun.
		Meanwhile over at ABC, the The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour was scheduled for Thursday nights at ten starting September 15, 1977 with guest-star LaWanda Page in a racy massage parlor routine that had ABC censors on their toes.
		Regular features included 'Redd's Corner' (a showcase for comedians that Foxx had worked with on the club circuit), 'The History of the Negro in America' (through the eyes of Redd Foxx), and confrontations with large and sassy JoMarie Payton, who provided the show's regular female foil, like Aunt Ester did on 'Sanford and Son'.
	www.tvparty.com /foxx.html (1287 words)

	Jet: Famed Comedian Redd Foxx Is Celebrated In New Book, `The Life And Times Of Redd Foxx' - Review
		Redd Foxx, the legendary funnyman and star of the long-running TV sitcom "Sanford and Son", is remembered in the new biography, The Life And Times Of Redd Foxx.
		Foxx died of a heart attack on October 11, 1991, at the age of 68, after he collapsed during a rehearsal for his ABC TV show "The Royal Family."
		The Life And Times Of Redd Foxx is a must-read for any Redd Foxx fan and anyone who appreciates the finest in American comedy.
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	African American Registry: A true original, Redd Foxx
		Foxx quit high school after one year to play in a washtub band with two friends, Lamont Ousley, and Steve Trimel; they eventually ran away to New York in 1939.
		When World War II broke out and their band broke up Foxx was rejected by the military, he then played in a tramp band act at the Apollo Theater with Jimmie Lunceford.
		Foxx received considerable acclaim for this television series but a spin-off role, as Fred Sanford, in 1980 was not as successful.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1322/A_true_original_Redd_Foxx (329 words)

	Redd Foxx
		In1948 Redd met and married Evelyn Killebrew, a bourgeoisie gal whose father was the George Jefferson of Newark.
		Redd never gained consciousness and was declared dead at the hospital at age 68.
		Redd Foxx went out the way he should have lived, with thousands of people there to show their love, no extravagances spared and the star treatment all around.
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	"Redd Foxx" (1977) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There was one odd skit about Farrah Fawcett's parents, with Foxx as her dad in a blonde wig, which interrupted the "real" Redd Foxx singing "God Bless America" in a phony voice.
		When Redd would be absent at the end of one show, Dinah Shore would appear in his place and would read his cue cards.
		Redd set her on the ottoman too fast and hurt her foot, so now he had to get a substitute.
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	Read about Redd Foxx at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Redd Foxx and learn about Redd Foxx here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		World War II, Foxx used illegal means to avoid the draft.
		Foxx paved the way for later African-American comedians such as
		Foxx appeared to be making a comeback with the 1991 series The Royal Family in which he co-starred with his long time friend Della Reese when a fatal
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Redd_Foxx (309 words)

	Redd Foxx
		Redd Foxx was one of the great success stories of the entertainment industry — a man who made the seemingly-impossible struggle from the shabbiest of nightclubs, all the way to TV stardom, mostly notably with the hit comedy series Sanford and Son.
		Foxx was the scourge of Vegas cab drivers and they went to elaborate lengths to not allow him into their vehicles.
		Foxx made what they then called "party records," which was a euphemism for "dirty records." Today, you could almost play some of them on the Disney Channel but, at the time, his monologues were adjudged as high on the filth index.
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	Fortean Slips: Redd Foxx's Ghost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Junkman Fred Sanford's trademark response to stressful events was to clutch his chest and stagger in a cardiac stupor, stretching his other arm skyward as he notified his long-departed wife Elizabeth that he was coming to join her in that great junk yard in the sky.
		On October 11, 1991, while Foxx was rehearsing on the set of his latter-day series, "The Royal Family," Foxx suffered a fatal heart attack.
		The psychic claimed to make contact with Foxx, who explained that his poltergeistic demonstrations were provoked not by the new occupant of his home, but by Foxx's eternal hatred for the Internal Revenue Service.
	www.parascope.com /articles/slips/foxx.htm (393 words)

	TV ACRES: Television Character Bios - Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford (Sanford & Son)
		The Sanford and Son franchise continued as the short-lived Sanford Arms/NBC/1977 (without Redd Foxx or Desmond Wilson).
		Redd Foxx was born December 9, 1922 in St Louis Missouri as John Elroy Sanford.
		Foxx played the role of a cranky nearly retired postal worker named Alfonso Royal who lived in Atlanta, Georgia.
	www.tvacres.com /char_sanford_fred.htm (535 words)

	Redd Foxx turns up dead yet another time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Studio City, CA - Comic legend Redd Foxx was reported dead in his Burbank home last evening.
		This time, Foxx was a victim of a massive coronary.
		Industry insiders say that Foxx was planning a major career resuscitation, but it never materialized.
	www.shtick.org /FakeNews/news16.htm (322 words)

	Comedy College: Lessons in Laughter - Redd Foxx
		Redd Foxx, born John Sanford in St. Louis, Missouri, left home at 13 and scratched out a living playing washboard in a band.
		In the late 40s, Redd worked as a singer and a nightclub comic and began putting out records (eventually more than 30!) on a California label called Dooto.
		From there, he went on to Sanford and Son -- a TV star at the age of 50.
	comedycollege.publicradio.org /archive/foxx_redd.shtml (161 words)

	St. Louis Walk of Fame - Redd Foxx
		Redd Foxx starred in "Sanford and Son," one of television's most popular comedy series in the 1970s.
		Called Red for his complexion, he adopted a baseball stars' name to become Redd Foxx.
		Honing his comic skills in the 1940s, he became one of the nation's funniest nightclub comics, although his racy language limited his exposure.
	www.stlouiswalkoffame.org /inductees/redd-foxx.html (126 words)

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