Redd Foxx

Person · Open Library

Born

1922

Works

2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1922-12-09

Active to

1991-10-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

12,889

Total plays

74,016

Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), born John Elroy Sanford, was an American comedian best known for his starring role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom Sanford and Son. Foxx was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised on Chicago's South Side. His mother was part Seminole, making Foxx one quarter Seminole. His father, an electrician, left the family when Foxx was four. He was raised by his mother, his minister, and his grandmother. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Redd+Fo

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Molecular subtypes of diffuse large B cell lymphoma are associated with distinct pathogenic mechanisms and outcomes

   · 2018 · cited 1,736x

2. Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission

   · 2016 · cited 1,527x

3. Comparisons and physics basis of tokamak transport models and turbulence simulations

   · 2000 · cited 952x

4. Mechanical stretch triggers rapid epithelial cell division through Piezo1

   · 2017 · cited 783x

5. <i>PD-L1</i> and <i>PD-L2</i> Genetic Alterations Define Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma and Predict Outcome

   · 2016 · cited 724x

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Quotes

• “If you can see the handwriting on the wall … you're on the toilet.”
• “Love. Hygiene. That's the important thing. Hygiene. The toughest thing in the world: [you] have to turn to your mate one night and say: "You gotta wash your ass!" Shit. Knowing how difficult it is, I said it for you : You Gotta Wash Your Ass.”
• “My first wife, I'll never forget her — and I've tried.”
• “We were poor. If I wasn't a boy, I wouldn't have had nothing to play with.”
• “Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.”

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