Sherman Hemsley (left) with Luis Avalos in Ghost Fever
Sherman Hemsley and Luis Avalos' deaths in Ghost Fever
Sherman Hemsley (1938 - 2012)
Film Deaths:[]
- Love at First Bite (1979) [Rev. Mike]: Possibly falls to his death after jumping out of a church, shocked that George Hamilton is a living corpse (not known if this was intended to be fatal but I'll list it in case) (Played for comic effect).
- Ghost Fever (1987) [Buford Washington/Jethro]: Playing a dual role, "Buford" is killed in a car accident, along with Luis Avalos, when "Jethro" and Myron Healey blow out their tires after they say they're better off dead; they appear as ghosts afterwards. "Jethro" died of unspecified causes long before the story begins; he appears as a ghost throughout the entire film (played for comic effect).
TV Deaths[]
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Asses to Ashes (1992) [Judge Carl Robertson]: Suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke after Will Smith tells him to drop dead. (Played for comic effect.)
- Dinosaurs: Changing Nature (1994) [BP Richfield]: Providing the voice of a puppet dinosaur, he dies (off-screen), along with everybody else in the series, when the ice age begins and all the dinosaurs die. (Thanks to Kyle)