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From The Official Website of Redd Foxx reddfoxx.com
In 1989, he and long-time friend Della Reese co-starred in Eddie Murphy’s Harlem Nights. Though the movie itself received little attention, critics took notice of the pair’s performance. CBS jumped and signed the two for a new sitcom, The Royal Family.
Sadly, while on the set of The Royal Family, Foxx suffered a massive heart attack. Reese bent over him and prayed, “Don’t die Redd, don’t die, but it was too late. The world lost comedic genius Redd Foxx on October 11, 1991. He was 68 years old.