Webas part of npr's in character series, npr's tony cox profiles the king of the junkyard, fred sanford.

Sanford, the petulant character on the 1970s nbc sitcom sanford and son, ran an.

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He was a tv character unlike any other.

Webfred is a cantankerous, stubborn, and often irritable man who frequently feigns heart attacks to get his way.

Webfred sanford, unprincipled jive manipulator that he is, sides with the white man and puts the bad mouth on lamont (who is reluctant to cooperate)—not because.

Webbefore good times and the jeffersons would make tv history with powerful stories focused on black families, sanford and son would explore the prickly.

Webin a bizarre touch, foxx clutched his heart complaining of chest pains (just like his fictional alter ego fred sanford used to do).

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Cranky, scheming fred sanford runs a los angeles junkyard with his son and business partner lamont.

When you hear fred say, “this is the big one!” you.

Webas part of npr's in character series, tony cox profiles fred sanford.

Websanford, the petulant character on the 1970s nbc sitcom sanford and son, ran an antique shop and junkyard out of his los angeles home.

Webthe legendary redd foxx uttered those words regularly in his memorable and longtime role as fred sanford in sanford and son in the 1970s — making them still.

But this time the heart attack was.

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