Nina Simone and Redd Foxx backstage in NYC, 1959. Great photo by G. Marshall Wilson.
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Today In History
John Elroy Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx was a comedian and entertainer who’s famous for his role as “Fred Sanford,” on the hit sitcom show “Sanford and Son” was born in St. Louis, MO, on this date December 9, 1922.
Foxx was notoriously known for his raunchy stand-up routines, and his style of comedy, which featured highly adult subject matter, influenced generations of comics like Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy.
CARTER Magazine
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Redd Foxx - You Gotta Wash Your Ass
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Michael Jackson with Coretta Scott King ( Martin Luther King's widow ) and Redd Foxx at the 6th NAACP Image Awards fund raising dinner held at the Hollywood Paladium, California, where the Jackson 5 received the NAACP Image Award for Best Singing Group on November 18th, 1972. #70s #motown #naacpimageawards
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Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Richard Pryor in Murphy’s HARLEM NIGHTS (1989)
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