{"id":5238,"date":"2025-06-22T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5238\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:54:06","slug":"lynn-hamilton-sanford-and-son-and-the-waltons-star-dead-at-95-legacy-will-continue-to-inspire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5238\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynn Hamilton, \u2018Sanford and Son\u2019 and &#8216;The Waltons&#8217; star, dead at 95: \u2018Legacy will continue to inspire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FFWL3YFINNAM3IWCBO756CQLJM\">Lynn Hamilton, best known for her role in \u201cSanford and Son,\u201d died Thursday. She was 95.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q5WR7444XZDRXJ3MTT36PVUITA\">Hamilton, who played Donna Harris on the beloved 1970s sitcom, died of natural causes, her former manager and publicist, Rev. Calvin Carson announced on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SCZG4W3ODRG6LMNIL362HDNPUQ\">\u201cWith profound gratitude and admiration, we celebrate the extraordinary life of iconic actress Alzenia \u2018Lynn\u2019 Hamilton-Jenkins, whose remarkable legacy continues to uplift and inspire,\u201d the post read. \u201cHer illustrious career, spanning over five decades, has left an indelible mark on the world of entertainment, motivating audiences across the globe through her work as a model, stage, film, and television actress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YAIXGGYNURHZHGNAFDEVHBNNXI\">Hamilton was \u201csurrounded by her grandchildren, loved ones and caregivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3JLENBVRZZEQFAC4KBH32JEY5E\">Hamilton was also known for her appearances on \u201cThe Waltons,\u201d \u201cRoots: The Next Generation,\u201d NBC\u2019s soap \u201cGenerations\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2PULLT2V4VG7RD2QTTQNII6M5I\">She was the recipient of the NAACP Award, \u201ca testament to her outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WIYXVXWQZNGGRG5L7JPKGNLWDA\">Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Heim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Mark_Heim<\/a>. He can be heard on \u201cThe Opening Kickoff\u201d on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lynn Hamilton, best known for her role in \u201cSanford and Son,\u201d died Thursday. She was 95. Hamilton, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[390,171,391,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-5238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-die","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-funereal","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114727122511767676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}