Ms. Willis works in Richmond, VA and specializes in Cardiovascular Disease and Thoracic Surgery. Ms. Willis is affiliated with Chippenham Hospital and Henrico Doctors Hospital.
Lenny Kravitz, whose mother, Roxie Roker, played Helen Willis on "The Jeffersons," said, "When I was a kid, Sherman would always take the time to hang out with me on set. We would listen to music and talk about it. He was very knowledgeable, and was a big rock 'n' roll fan. He was an extraordinary h
rd). In 1975, they "moved on up to the East Side" in their spinoff, The Jeffersons. In addition to seeing an affluent black couple with their own maid (Marla Gibbs), Jeffersons fans were introduced to another TV first a mixed-race couple in Tom and Helen Willis (Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker).
Date: Jul 24, 2012
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For Lenny Kravitz, 'Black And White' is a mixed blessing
references Martin Luther King, Jr. and Kravitz's parents, who like Obama's were an interracial couple in the early 1960s. Kravitz notes that his mom, the black actress Roxie Roker, also became half of TV's first mixed-race couple as Helen Willis on the '70s sitcoms All In the Family and The Jeffersons.