He made America laugh. Now he\u2019s gone.Fans are stunned, the industry is shaken, and the story behind Demond Wilson\u2019s final days is far more heartbreaking than anyone imagined. From the soundstage lights of Sanford and Son to the quiet battles he fought off-camera,He first stepped into America\u2019s living rooms as Lamont Sanford, the exasperated, sharp-witted son forever sparring with Redd Foxx\u2019s Fred. But behind the laughs, Demond Wilson carried the weight of a Vietnam tour, a soldier who had seen too much, then somehow learned to make a wounded country laugh again. When the sitcom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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