Why didn't he Attend Redd Foxx's Funeral??
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chronicbliss2 — 18 years ago(September 10, 2007 07:29 AM)
Well it sounds like you got an answer, and refused to believe it. With such high standards of proof, why do you think anyone here will be able to help you? You got an answer which probably came from people who know him, but if I (who don't know him) said he didn't go because he hated the man and couldn't be bothered, which I just pulled out of my @ss, you might believe that. I wonder why.
He had prior commitments. Leave it at that. -
gloriamichaelc-1 — 17 years ago(March 09, 2009 05:10 AM)
I was born in the early 1970s. Right now on Tube Time on cable demand I kid you not I'm watching a 72 Episode 'Coffins for Sale; trippy huh? I'm looking for the Episode with Big george foreman in it. no comment on redd foxx's funeral.. he was a great talent.
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esskayess — 16 years ago(April 29, 2009 08:13 AM)
Funerals are stupid (and expensive), anyway. They certainly do nothing for the departed and little for those left behind. Have a wake instead and celebrate his or her life. I like the Jewish practice of sitting Shiva, too.
Perhaps Demond was in denial After all, Lamont kept telling Fred that he wasnt having the Big One and maybe he couldnt accept it when he finally did.
"You cannot erase God with an edict." - Rod Serling -
banders46 — 16 years ago(December 30, 2009 04:15 AM)
He worked with the guy; that doesn't mean they were best friends or like "father and son" in real life. Why do people think actors who work together on a TV show must be really close in real life? Maybe he would have gone if it had been more convenient, but really, who cares?
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jejozi — 12 years ago(August 30, 2013 04:38 PM)
From IMDB:
<<[on his on- and off-screen chemistry with singer/comedian, Redd Foxx, who played Fred G. Sanford]: The producers said we need a straight man for Redd. It was a little difficult at first because his outlook was totally alien to me, but we found a common ground, and after while, we fell in love with each other. >>
This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here. -
vawlkee_2000 — 15 years ago(November 22, 2010 05:32 PM)
I'm not going to argue the fact but they were indeed friends.
He was out of town, granted, but my suspicion is it had to do with his finding "God" in '84 and had second thoughts about John's lifestyle. -
vestdennis — 13 years ago(December 18, 2012 12:38 AM)
To the idiot who said funerals "are stupid (and expensive)", maybe your loved ones should just toss you into the nearest ditch after you die. Yes, they're costly but what are you gonna do?
The two of them had probably not seen each other in a long time & it's very possible that Demond had prior obligations -
rjmgreen — 11 years ago(February 15, 2015 03:37 PM)
I thought about what you said about not attending a co worker's funeral for someone with whom you worked 10 years ago. I have no problem recalling the people from 10 years ago. I might attend some of them, but others; no. We worked together, we were not friends. So, yes, you are correct.