Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1922
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The Redd Foxx encyclopedia of Black humor
- Talkin' trash with Redd Foxx
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1922-12-09
- Active to
- 1991-10-11
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,889
- Total plays
- 74,016
Tags
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Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), born John Elroy Sanford, was an American comedian best known for his starring role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom Sanford and Son. Foxx was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised on Chicago's South Side. His mother was part Seminole, making Foxx one quarter Seminole. His father, an electrician, left the family when Foxx was four. He was raised by his mother, his minister, and his grandmother. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Redd+Fo
Recent publications · Crossref
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Quotes
- “If you can see the handwriting on the wall … you're on the toilet.”
- “Love. Hygiene. That's the important thing. Hygiene. The toughest thing in the world: [you] have to turn to your mate one night and say: "You gotta wash your ass!" Shit. Knowing how difficult it is, I said it for you : You Gotta Wash Your Ass.”
- “My first wife, I'll never forget her — and I've tried.”
- “We were poor. If I wasn't a boy, I wouldn't have had nothing to play with.”
- “Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 188
- Official website
- www.reddfoxx.com
- Image
- Redd Foxx 1977.JPG
- Height
- 70
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- Commons category
- Redd Foxx
- date of birth
- 1922-12-09
- date of death
- 1991-11-11
- birth name
- John Elroy Sanford
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- nickname
- Chicago Red
- pseudonym
- Redd Foxx
- net worth
- 3500000
- end of work period
- 1991-00-00
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Categories
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