{"id":1627,"date":"2025-08-25T07:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:48:09","slug":"%f0%9f%92%94-sanford-and-son-star-has-passed-away-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc94 \u2018Sanford and Son\u2019 Star Has Passed Away at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beloved actress <strong>Lynn Hamilton<\/strong>, best known for her role as Donna Harris on <em>Sanford and Son<\/em> and as Verdie on <em>The Waltons<\/em>, has passed away at the age of 95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamilton began her career in theatre and made her television breakthrough in the 1970s. On <em>Sanford and Son<\/em>, she portrayed the dignified and strong-willed girlfriend, and later fianc\u00e9e, of Fred Sanford opposite Redd Foxx. She also went on to play Miss Verdie in <em>The Waltons<\/em>, leaving a lasting mark on audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her career spanned more than five decades, with memorable appearances in <em>Roots: The Next Generation<\/em>, <em>Generations<\/em>, <em>Dangerous Women<\/em>, <em>The Golden Girls<\/em>, <em>NYPD Blue<\/em>, <em>Cold Case<\/em>, and many more. Born in Mississippi, she trained in drama, performed on Broadway, and eventually became a familiar face in households across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her family and colleagues remembered her as a trailblazer and a woman of grace, whose legacy will continue to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved actress Lynn Hamilton, best known for her role as Donna Harris on Sanford and Son and as Verdie on The Waltons, has passed away at the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}