The tv actor Franklin Cover died at the age of 77. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
His marriage to a black woman on The Jeffersons was among the first interracial marriages portrayed on national television.
His wife, Mary Bradford Stone ran a dance company.
Franklin Cover, who became a familiar face as George and Louise Jefferson’s neighbor in the long-running sitcom “The Jeffersons,” died on Sunday in Englewood, N.J. He was 77. The cause was pneumonia, said his publicist, Dale Olson.
Quotes
"When a show is popular, sometimes the industry dismisses it.
"I got to work with Ingrid Bergman, and it was a wonderful experience.
"When you talk about a character on a situation comedy, it’s not just the actor. It’s the writers, too.
"Everything I’ve done until ‘The Jeffersons’ – the plays, the movies, the soap operas – were all in New York.
"When I go to New York, all the skycaps want my autograph.