Entertainment & Arts
IRS Seizes Redd Foxx’s Home, 7 Cars: Comedian Redd Foxx, who starred in the TV series “Sanford & Son,” was left with only a bed in his house in Las Vegas after the Internal Revenue Service seized his home and seven of his vehicles for allegedly failing to pay income taxes from 1983 to 1986.
Nov. 30, 1989
Television
Comedian Redd Foxx, who became a television star playing an irascible, bawdy junkman in “Sanford and Son” and returned nearly two decades later in the current CBS series “The Royal Family,” died Friday of a heart attack.
Oct. 12, 1991
You’ve got to like cantankerousness to enjoy “The Redd Foxx Show.” That’s what Foxx plays.
Jan. 17, 1986
Comedian Redd Foxx earned more than $1 million in an 18-month period ending in June, yet owes the Internal Revenue Service $996,630, according to an affidavit released in federal court.
Dec. 6, 1989
‘Family’ Meeting: In the wake of Redd Foxx’s death on Oct. 11, CBS and Paramount have been holding closed-door meetings with the producers of the “The Royal Family” to determine the future of the CBS sitcom that co-starred Foxx and Della Reese.
Oct. 21, 1991
Officials with the Robert Deiro Auction Co. said today that they are proceeding with plans to sell personal property of entertainer Redd Foxx at auction Saturday.
Jan. 25, 1990
A New Direction: CBS’ “The Royal Family,” left without a leading man following the sudden death earlier this month of Redd Foxx, appears headed for an overhaul.
Oct. 25, 1991
Autos
A Taxing Auction for Redd Foxx: The Internal Revenue Service says it plans to auction off four cars and a motor scooter owned by entertainer Redd Foxx to help pay off his tax debt.
May 1, 1990
Redd Foxx stands in the middle of the rehearsal stage with a lit cigarette in his left ear, his mouth puckering rhythmically as if blowing smoke rings.
Sept. 15, 1991
Exit Laughing: A standing-room-only crowd clapped to gospel music, laughed and occasionally cried at a funeral for comedian Redd Foxx on Tuesday at a mortuary in Las Vegas.
Oct. 17, 1991