Oct. 21, 1991: Died:Redd Foxx TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991 Oct. 21, 1991 Sex, Lies & Politics
Time Magazine MILESTONES, Page 79

DIED. Redd Foxx, 68, scabrous comedian; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. After making a name as a nightclub comic specializing in blue humor, Foxx became a TV star in the role of an irascible junk dealer on Sanford and Son, a sitcom that lasted from 1972 to 1977. He suffered the attack while rehearsing an episode of his new CBS-TV series, The Royal Family.