While privacy is not something granted in show business, the 'Black Panther' actor and a few other late public figures from entertainment industry managed to keep their bouts with cancer under wraps.
- September 6, 2020
AceShowbiz - People may still recognize Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson on the CBS television series "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons". During the peak of his fame, he also starred as Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series "Amen" and as B.P. Richfield on the ABC series "Dinosaurs". However, little was known about his final days. A shy and intensely private man who was described by some as reclusive, he avoided the Hollywood limelight and little of his personal life was public knowledge. In fact, only a few people knew he had a malignant mass on his lung, for which chemotherapy and radiation had been recommended before he developed "superior vena cava syndrome," which led to his death on July 24, 2012.
