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Pavan · 05-23-2001, 08:19 AM

Comic actor Whitman Mayo died of a heart attack on May 22, 2001. He had been hospitalized in an Atlanta hospital for two weeks for treatment of a hernia. Mayo will be best remembered as Fred Sanford's lovable friend Grady Wilson in the long-running sitcom Sanford and Son, and in two short-lived spinoffs. He was 70 years old.

Tracy-Prinze · 05-23-2001, 01:03 PM

Thank you for informing us about Mr.Mayo we are going to miss him.

DeDe · 05-23-2001, 01:09 PM

Oh, how sad I feel now. Mr. Mayo was a great actor and will be truly missed. Hopefully someone will join us in the "role play" and play "grady" to help keep Mr. Mayo's memories alive, and will not be forgotten.
Thanks.

Pitooey · 05-23-2001, 07:40 PM

He was a very funny charecter on the show...

DB1701 · 05-23-2001, 09:22 PM

Whitman Mayo was great as Grady. He coined the classic phrase...
Good Goobledy Goop.

Thanks Whitman.

DarleneIllyria · 05-23-2001, 10:34 PM

That is so sad! My father told me that he had died and it shocked me. He will def. be missed. R.I.P. Whitman-

isiahthomas · 08-20-2002, 02:19 PM

Yeah i found out he passed away. Do ya'll remember seeing him in the movie Boyz N The Hood? He had a very small part when Larry Fishburne was schooling the people in the hood about housing property & he said why do u think there is a liquor store on every corner in our neighborhoods? I'll tell u why, they want us to kill ourselves, u go over to Beverly Hills u don't see that ****. He also said who are these fools out here dying on the street every night & Whitman pointed at the people who came over there to listen to Larry's speech. He was hilarious as Grady.

05-23-2001, 08:19 AM	#1
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	Whitman Mayo, dead at 70, May 22... Comic actor Whitman Mayo died of a heart attack on May 22, 2001. He had been hospitalized in an Atlanta hospital for two weeks for treatment of a hernia. Mayo will be best remembered as Fred Sanford's lovable friend Grady Wilson in the long-running sitcom Sanford and Son, and in two short-lived spinoffs. He was 70 years old.

05-23-2001, 01:03 PM	#2
Tracy-Prinze Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: california Posts: 725	Thank you for informing us about Mr.Mayo we are going to miss him.

05-23-2001, 01:09 PM	#3
DeDe Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 28, 2001 Location: california Posts: 342	Oh, how sad I feel now. Mr. Mayo was a great actor and will be truly missed. Hopefully someone will join us in the "role play" and play "grady" to help keep Mr. Mayo's memories alive, and will not be forgotten. Thanks.

05-23-2001, 07:40 PM	#4
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	He was a very funny charecter on the show...

05-23-2001, 09:22 PM	#5
DB1701 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 23, 2001 Location: Port Charlotte, Florida USA Posts: 7	Whitman Mayo was great as Grady. He coined the classic phrase... Good Goobledy Goop. Thanks Whitman.

05-23-2001, 10:34 PM	#6
DarleneIllyria Gone Forum Star Join Date: Oct 15, 2000 Posts: 19,086	That is so sad! My father told me that he had died and it shocked me. He will def. be missed. R.I.P. Whitman-

08-20-2002, 02:19 PM	#7
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Yeah i found out he passed away. Do ya'll remember seeing him in the movie Boyz N The Hood? He had a very small part when Larry Fishburne was schooling the people in the hood about housing property & he said why do u think there is a liquor store on every corner in our neighborhoods? I'll tell u why, they want us to kill ourselves, u go over to Beverly Hills u don't see that ****. He also said who are these fools out here dying on the street every night & Whitman pointed at the people who came over there to listen to Larry's speech. He was hilarious as Grady.