Actress Holly Robinson-Peete

$<a href="https://twitter.com/hollyrpeete/status/227883459501244417">@hollyrpeete</a> Met Sherman Helmsley when I was 7. I saw him in my 1st Broadway musical ever : "Purlie!". He played a character "Gitlow". Brilliant. A Force. Iconic. RIP Sherman... <a href="http://say.ly/OAi3Pvz">http://say.ly/OAi3Pvz</a> <style type="text/css"> /* Main div */ div.ent-must-reads { width: 620px; margin-top: 20px; height: auto; } /* Picks */ div.ent-pick { float: left; margin: 0px auto; width: 206px; } div.ent-pick img{ margin:3px 7px 2px 0px; height: 105px; width:187px; display: inline-block; float: left; } div.ent-pick a img { border: none; } div.ent-pick a { margin: 3px; } /* Headers */ div.content h2#title { font-size:16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px; } div.content p#ent-hed{ font-size: 13px; margin: 6px; width: 192px; } </style>  <div class="ent-must-reads">  <h2 id="title">More on Sherman Hemsley</h2>  <div class="ent-pick">  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-sherman-hemsley-dies-20120724,0,3105302.story" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-500f2542/turbine/la-et-sherman-hemsley-death-story-three-feature-well/187/16x9" alt="" /> </a>  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-sherman-hemsley-dies-20120724,0,3105302.story" target="_top"> <p id="ent-hed"> OBIT | Sherman Hemsley, TV's George Jefferson, dies at 74 </p> </a> </div>  <div class="ent-pick">  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-0328-familytv_pictures,0,5176630.photogallery" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photogallery/2010-03/52914542-24172731.jpg" alt="" /> </a>  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-0328-familytv_pictures,0,5176630.photogallery" target="_top"> <p id="ent-hed">PHOTOS | Families that changed TV </p> </a> </div>  <div class="ent-pick">  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/notables-2012-classic-tv-gallery,0,1406452.photogallery" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fede9b6/turbine/notables-2012-classic-tv-gallery/187/16x9" alt="" /> </a>  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/notables-2012-classic-tv-gallery,0,1406452.photogallery" target="_top"> <p id="ent-hed">PHOTOS | Notable deaths of 2012: Classic television</p> </a> </div> </div>$

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@hollyrpeete Met Sherman Helmsley when I was 7. I saw him in my 1st Broadway musical ever : "Purlie!". He played a character "Gitlow". Brilliant. A Force. Iconic. RIP Sherman... http://say.ly/OAi3Pvz