We Love You, "You Big Dummy!"; "Sanford and Son" Star Dead at 79
Rogue Energy
iHeartPodcasts
3.0 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
You may not know the name Grady Lamond Wilson, but you sure know his face, and his iconic role in the 1970’s hit “Sanford and Son.” Wilson, the actor best known for playing son Lamont to Red Foxx’s Fred Sanford, has passed away from cancer at the age of 79. Amy and T.J. talk about Wilson’s iconic role in a show that shaped so many of our lives, the opening soundtrack a familiar tune to just about all of us. Wilson had an iconic life, filled not just with his love of acting and entertaining, but with his dedication to service of his country and his God.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.8 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:16.0 | It is Saturday, January 31st, and the sun in Sanford and Sun has passed away. |
| 0:24.9 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. and Rose. |
| 0:30.9 | Dun dun dun dun dun. |
| 0:32.1 | Everybody, to this day, you know it. |
| 0:36.3 | You know that jingle and robes a lot of people |
| 0:38.9 | might not be able to come up with his name immediately his real name but you know his character's |
| 0:43.2 | name uh yes you love sanford and son you know lamont lamont sanford he was the son of red fox the |
| 0:54.0 | famed actor. |
| 0:55.5 | But yeah, just pulling up his picture from back in the day from the iconic show, you're |
| 1:01.9 | like, oh, man, yes, he was a staple in every household. |
| 1:06.2 | It was the number one show on television. |
| 1:09.3 | I don't know his face any other way. |
| 1:11.1 | I don't remember seeing him age. |
| 1:14.1 | He is stuck forever. |
| 1:15.6 | And we've seen some recent pictures now since word of his passing, |
| 1:19.2 | but that he is stuck in our brains as that guy with the thick mustache, |
| 1:25.5 | with the afro and the same look on his face and the so y'all we have |
| 1:31.1 | lost now a guy who was who was and continues to be a part of television history with this show |
| 1:39.1 | grady damon wilson has passed away at the age of 79 passed away confirmed by his son died of cancer he didn't say what type of cancer it was has passed away at the age of 79, passed away, confirmed by his son, died of cancer. |
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