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Actor Franklin Cover dead at 77
"The Jeffersons" key supporting actor Franklin Cover, who played George and Louise Jefferson's white neighbor, has died at age 77.
Cover died Sunday of pneumonia at the Lillian Booth Actor's Fund of America home in Englewood, N.J., "Entertainment Tonight" reported Friday.
Cover was best known for his work as Tom Willis on "The Jeffersons."
Among his many film and TV appearances were "Wall Street," "The Great Gatsby," "Mad About You" and "ER."
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