By Zola Elder
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise “Weezy” Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985). In 1981, she became the second African-American actress to win a Primetime Emmy Award after Gail Fisher, and so far, the only African-American actress to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
In September 2003, Sanford underwent preventive surgery on her carotid artery. In the ensuing months, her health steadily declined. She was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on July 4, 2004, where she died five days later at the age of 86. Her publicist attributed it to unspecified natural causes. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. For her contribution to the television industry, Isabel Sanford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- John Locke (philosopher) –
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (author) –
- Ingrid Bergman (actress) –
- Isabel Sanford (actress) –
- Charlie Parker (musician) –
- Lord Richard Attenborough (actor) –
- Joel Schumacher (film director) –
- Michael Jackson (singer) –
- Chris Hadfield (astronaut) –
- Carla Gugino (actress) –
- Chris Simms (football player) –
Died
- Christian Friedrich Schönbein (chemist) –
- Brigham Young (Mormon leader) –
- Earl Grey (Canadian Governor General 1904 – 1911) –
- William Archibald Spooner (known for verbal inversions called spoonerisms”“) –
- Ingrid Bergman (actress) –
Events
- First Peppersass steam locomotive demonstration on the Mount Washington Cog Railway took place–
- Althea Gibson became the first African American woman to compete in a national tennis tournament–
- As Sen. Thurmond’s filibuster came to an end, he established a new record for the longest speech by one senator (24 hrs and 18 min.), and despite his efforts The Civil Rights Bill passed–
- United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado–
- The Beatles perform their last tour concert, in San Francisco–
- The Supreme Soviet suspended all activities of the Soviet Communist Party–
Weather
- Hackberry, Louisiana, received 22 inches of rain in 24 hours–
- A cold wave brought 2.5 inches of snow to the top of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington for an August record–
- Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastal regions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. More than 1,800 lives were lost–
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