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Feb 5, 2024 · In his 2020 memoir Let Love Rule, Lenny wrote that Roxie was raised in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, by her father Albert Roker, a Bahamian immigrant, and her mother, who was born in Georgia and worked...
Roxie Albertha Roker (August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995) was an American actress who portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and paternal grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.
Dec 16, 2021 · The only child of a Jewish father, Sy Kravitz and an African American mother Roxie Roker, who died of cancer in 1995, according to Biography. Kravitz grew up in a wealthy home — his father produced the popular TV sitcom "The Jeffersons" and his mother played the character, Helen Willis, on the show.
Nov 6, 2020 · Al Roker is the first cousin, once removed of Roxie Roker, the actress best known for playing Helen Willis on The Jeffersons. Roxie spent 23 years married to television producer Sy...
Roker married TV journalist Deborah Roberts on September 16, 1995. They are the parents of daughter Leila (b. November 17, 1998) and son Nicholas (b. July 18, 2002). On November 7, 2010, Roker ran in the ING New York City Marathon. Roker is an honorary member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Oct 5, 2020 · It was a family affair on Monday’s 3rd hour of TODAY when Al Roker’s second cousin, Grammy-winning rock star Lenny Kravitz, joined the program while quarantining in the Bahamas to discuss his...
Roxie is also the paternal grandmother of Zoe Kravitz, the actress, and cousin of NBC’s Today Show, Al Roker. She died of breast cancer on December 2, 1995 at the age of 66. Her son, Lenny Kravitz, even dedicated a song for her.
