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TV's Lionel Jefferson Dies
CNN ^

Posted on 12/22/2006 9:51:34 AM PST by YourAdHere

TWENTYNINE PALMS, California (AP) -- Actor Mike Evans, best known as Lionel Jefferson in the TV sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 57. Evans died of throat cancer December 14 at his mother's home in Twentynine Palms, said his niece, Chrystal Evans.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: jeffersons
He was the original Lionel.
1 posted on 12/22/2006 9:51:35 AM PST by YourAdHere
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To: YourAdHere

bttt


2 posted on 12/22/2006 9:52:21 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: YourAdHere

Rest in peace.


3 posted on 12/22/2006 9:52:33 AM PST by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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He joins Weezy, Mother Jefferson, and Tom and Helen Willis, all up in that deluxe apartment in the sky.


4 posted on 12/22/2006 9:54:09 AM PST by YourAdHere (Buy My Book, "Bradypalooza," from Amazon. Com.)
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yes, he was the first Lionel - the one who was on All In The Family and not the wussy Lionel with all the "reltionship problems" from the later episodes of The Jeffersons.
5 posted on 12/22/2006 9:55:01 AM PST by wideawake (1)
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He was the original and the best. Rest in peace, Mike.


6 posted on 12/22/2006 9:55:41 AM PST by CremeSaver
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Rest in Peace. I always liked his Lionel the best and I always liked "The Jefferson's" more than 'All in the Family'.


7 posted on 12/22/2006 10:00:41 AM PST by pgkdan
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He was a way better Lionel. There was no comparison.


8 posted on 12/22/2006 10:00:49 AM PST by YourAdHere (Buy My Book, "Bradypalooza," from Amazon. Com.)
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He's movin on up to a deelux apartment in the sky.


9 posted on 12/22/2006 10:04:03 AM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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I keep running into you on threads!


10 posted on 12/22/2006 10:04:53 AM PST by YourAdHere (Buy My Book, "Bradypalooza," from Amazon. Com.)
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Too damn young. Rest in peace.

11 posted on 12/22/2006 12:05:24 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:(~)
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Yes, too young... rest in peace. May God bless him and be with the family now.


12 posted on 12/22/2006 2:18:27 PM PST by BamaAndy (Heart & Iron--the story of America through an ordinary family. ISBN: 1-4137-5397-3)
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Wow. That's a classic picture.


13 posted on 12/22/2006 7:02:14 PM PST by YourAdHere (Buy My Book, "Bradypalooza," from Amazon. Com.)
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