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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,...
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...
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...
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.
Oct 23, 1992 · By Associated Press. October 22, 1992 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Cleavon Little, 53, an accomplished stage actor best known for his role as a black sheriff who took on a redneck town in the smash movie...
Oct 23, 1992. 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 Thursday, his talent agency...
Oct 23, 1992 · LOS ANGELES (Reuter) - Cleavon Little, the actor best known for his role as the sheriff in the comedy film "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday of colon cancer at the age of 54, his agent said. Little, who died at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks, had been ill for several months, agent Susan Smith said.
