Nov. 02, 1992: Died:Cleavon Little TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992 Nov. 02, 1992 Bill Clinton's Long March
Time Magazine MILESTONES, Page 23

DIED. Cleavon Little, 53, stage and screen performer; of colon cancer; in Los Angeles. The lithe Little etched a place in cinema history with his cliche-busting turn as a black sheriff in Mel Brooks' 1974 Western parody Blazing Saddles.