Ever wondered what the difference is between karat and carat? The terms are often used interchangeably, but technically they are two different measures of two different things. When describing gold coins or jewelry, three specifications are usually provided: weight (in troy ounces), dimensions, and fineness/purity.
Fort Jefferson was a town on the Mississippi River about one mile south of Wickliffe, Kentucky in southwestern Ballard County.
Sherman Hemsley, who as George Jefferson ensured that black folks would never again be invisible on television, died Tuesday at his El Paso home. He was 74. Police said Hemsley was discovered by his nurse and apparently died of natural causes. Hemsley played Jefferson for two years on âAll in the Family,â from 1973-75, then starred opposite Isabel Sanford from 1975 to 1985 on their own spinoff, âThe Jeffersons.â Isabel Sanford died in 2004 at age 86. George Jefferson was not the first black character on television, but he remains one of the most indelible.