Many of the surviving cast members have retired and stayed out of the spotlight.

The Jeffersons' was a classic sitcomThe show set the standard for sitcoms to comeTHESE cast members are still alive Who knows what sitcoms would have become if it weren't for 'The Jeffersons'?

“The Jeffersons” benefitted from a larger cast than seen in Lear’s other ... running sitcom at the time of its cancellation and, still, the longest-running Black comedy in network-TV history.