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"The Jeffersons star Sherman Hemsley died of natural causes, the El Paso coroner has confirmed. Hemsley passed away at his Texas home at the age of 74 earlier this week, although a cause of death was not released at that time. The El Paso coroner has now confirmed to The AP that Hemsley had been ill for some time prior to his passing.  Irene Santiago of the coroner&amp;#039;s office also said that an autopsy will not take place since no foul play is suspected.  Hemsley is most famous for his iconic television role as George Jefferson on All in the Family and later his own series The Jeffersons. The George Jefferson character proved so popular that he later reprised the role in guest appearances on the 1980s series E/R, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and House of Payne. Nicki Minaj, director Kevin Smith, Russell Simmons, MC Hammer and Seth Green have all paid tribute to Hemsley on Twitter in recent days. Watch Sherman Hemsley discuss George Jefferson below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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