Sanford and Son and
Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.
Sierra died from cancer on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California, according to his wife Helene Tabor. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. He was quite wonderful, and my heart is broken into 400 million pieces, she told CNN, explaining the cancer persisted for quite a while and he was doing the best he could and just couldn t do it anymore.
Tabor also called Sierra a brilliant actor, noting that he was still receiving fan mail after his death.
Gregory Sierra has died. Best known for his performances on shows like
Sanford And Son,
Barney Miller, and in regular TV roles throughout the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, Sierra played more than 100 parts across his long career. He died this week, from cancer. Per
Variety, Sierra was 83.
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Born in New York, Sierra got his start in acting in the late ’60s, popping up for single-episode stints on shows like
Mod Squad,
and a recurring part on
The Flying Nun. (This is also when he made one of his first periodic forays into film, appearing as a psychic mutant in the second
Gregory Sierra
The New York native also portrayed a Jewish vigilante on a sobering episode of All in the Family.
Gregory Sierra, who endeared himself to 1970s sitcom fans as the genial Julio Fuentes on
Sanford and Son and the impassioned Sgt. Miguel Chano Amenguale on
Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.
Sierra died Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California, after a battle with cancer, family spokesman Rick Voll told
The Hollywood Reporter.
A native of New York s Spanish Harlem, Sierra also made a memorable appearance as a radical Jewish vigilante in Archie Is Branded, a 1973 episode of CBS
All in the Family that was one of the sitcom s most jarring episodes. And he played Carlos El Puerco Valdez, a Malaguayan counter-revolutionist who kidnaps Jessica (Katherine Helmond) on ABC s
Barney Miller alum Gregory Sierra dead at 83
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Barney Miller and
Sanford and Son actor Gregory Sierra has died of cancer in Laguna Woods, Calif. He was 83.
His wife Helene Tabor disclosed Sierra s Jan. 4 death to CNN on Friday.
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Deadline also confirmed the news with a family spokesman. He was quite wonderful, and my heart is broken into 400 million pieces, Tabor told CNN. He was doing the best he could and just couldn t do it anymore.
Sierra s other credits included guest spots on the TV shows
All in the Family, Kung Fu, The Mod Squad, The Flying Nun, Soap, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Papillon,