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| | Celebrity Deathwatch: Whitman Mayo, Actor, 70 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/23/mayo.obit/index.html Whitman Mayo, Grady of 'Sanford and Son,' dies May 23, 2001 Posted: 7:35 AM EDT (1135 GMT) ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Actor Whitman Mayo, best known for his role as Grady on the 1970s hit television show "Sanford and Son," died Tuesday in Atlanta of a heart attack. |
 | | He gained fame as the affable character Grady Wilson on "Sanford and Son," known for his trademark expression: "Good goobily goop!" Most recently, Whitman hosted Turner South's original weekly series "Liars and Legends" and was an adjunct professor at Clark Atlanta University instructing a film/theater class. |
 | | Among Whitman's TV credits are "That's Cat," "Diff'rent Strokes," "In the Heat of the Night," "Trapper John, M.D." and "The Cape." Whitman's film credits include John Singleton's "Boyz in the Hood," "The Main Event" with Barbra Streisand and the 1999 "Waterproof" with Burt Reynolds. |
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