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  1. Death. Little died of colon cancer at his home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles on October 22, 1992. Legacy. For Little's contribution to motion pictures, he was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994. The star is located on the south side of Hollywood Boulevard near El Cerrito Place.

  2. Oct 23, 1992 · Cleavon Little, the actor best remembered for his role as a black sheriff hired to save a redneck town in Mel Brooks's 1974 comedy "Blazing Saddles," died yesterday at his home in Sherman Oaks,...

  3. Oct 23, 1992 · Cleavon Little, who portrayed a submissive octogenarian in “I’m Not Rappaport,” won a Tony award for the title role in “Purlie,” but to millions will always be Bart, the puckish black sheriff...

  4. Oct 11, 2005 · Cleavon Little, who starred as the sheriff who cleans up a town of bumbling rednecks in the movie Blazing Saddles, died Thursday of colon cancer. He was 53. Little died at his Sherman...

  5. Oct 23, 1992 · Cleavon Little, actor, born Chickasha Oklahoma 1 June 1939, died Los Angeles 22 October 1992. WHEN Richard Pryor withdrew from the cast of Mel Brooks's riotous western spoof Blazing Saddles in...

  6. Oct 23, 1992 · Little, who died at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks, had been ill for several months, agent Susan Smith said. A gifted actor who played on stage in "MacBeth" and "Hamlet," Little won a Tony Award in 1970 for his Broadway performance in "Purlie.

  7. Oct 23, 1992 · Actor Cleavon Little, best known for his role as the black sheriff in the Western comedy ``Blazing Saddles,'' died of colon cancer Thursday at his home. He was 52.

  8. Oct 22, 1992 · LOS ANGELES -- Actor Cleavon Little, best known for his role as the black sheriff in the Western comedy 'Blazing Saddles,' died of colon cancer Thursday at his home. He was 53.

  9. Oct 23, 1992 · By Joseph McBride. Cleavon Little, 53, who played the sheriff in Mel Brooks’ western spoof “Blazing Saddles,” won a Tony for “Purlie” and captured an Emmy for his guest role opposite Judd Hirsch in...

  10. Oct 23, 1992 · LOS ANGELES - Cleavon Little, who played the black sheriff who took on a redneck town in the smash 1974 comedy "Blazing Saddles," died of colon cancer at his home yesterday, his talent...

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