The Fosters (1976 TV series) The Fosters (1976 TV series) The Fosters is a British television programme, produced by London Weekend Television which aired on ITV from 9 April 1976, until 9 July 1977. It was created and developed by Jon Watkins, who adapted the American sitcom, "Good Times", developed by Norman Lear, and created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans. It was one of the first British television programmes to have an entirely black cast. It was the predecessor to many future British television programmes that featured a predominantly black cast: ("The Real McCoy", "No Problem!", "Desmond's", "The Lenny Henry Show" and its subsequent
Norman Beaton to his home city of Georgetown, Guyana (just as his character in "Desmond's" was doing the same), where he collapsed at the airport from a heart attack and died a few hours later on 13 December 1994 at the age of 60. He was survived by five children from three marriages. It was announced in the spin-off show of "Desmond"'s called "Porkpie" that Beaton's character, Desmond, had died approximately a year before the spin-off's first episode. M. Gloria Moshette (1958–?) Granddaughters – Sabrina Gayle (Kim Beaton), Alexandra Beaton (Norman Beaton Jr), Mica Beaton (Jeremy Beaton) Grandsons – Marlon Beaton (Jeremy