{"id":204,"date":"2026-02-03T15:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=204"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:26:27","slug":"sanford-and-son-star-demond-wilson-dies-at-79-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Sanford and Son star Demond Wilson dies at 79 \u2013 cause of death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"283\">Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont Sanford on the groundbreaking sitcom <em data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"168\">Sanford &amp; Son<\/em>, has died at age 79. His son confirmed he passed away at his home in Palm Springs after complications from cancer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"590\">Born in 1946, Wilson showed a passion for performing early, making his Broadway debut at just four years old. Before his TV fame, he also served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as a sergeant in the 4th Infantry Division, where he was wounded in combat and awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"849\">Wilson rose to fame in 1972 alongside Redd Foxx on <em data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"658\">Sanford &amp; Son<\/em>, a show that ran five seasons and helped pave the way for more Black family-centered sitcoms. His role as Lamont Sanford made him a beloved television figure and part of pop culture history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"1043\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">After the show ended, Wilson continued acting, wrote a memoir reflecting on his career, and later appeared on <em data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"974\">Girlfriends<\/em>. He is survived by his wife of over 50 years and their six children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont Sanford on the groundbreaking sitcom Sanford &amp; Son, has died at age 79. His son confirmed he passed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=204\" title=\"Sanford and Son star Demond Wilson dies at 79 \u2013 cause of death revealed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}