October 11, 1991 –
One of the comedian Redd Foxx and the cast of The Royal Family were in the midst of practicing. “They were rehearsing on the set and clowning around, and Redd was sort of breaking people up when he collapsed,” said Rachel McCallister, a spokesperson for the show, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “They all thought he was joking around at first, and then they called the paramedics.”signature running gags involved faking a heart attack by putting his hand on his chest and saying “It’s the big one, I’m coming to join ya honey/Elizabeth” (referring to his late wife).
So when he had a real heart attack on the set of his television show on this date, his castmates thought he was trying to be funny. It proved to be fatal and Foxx died later the same day.
And so it goes
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