Dead as a Doorman

Ned Wertimer, a fixture of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, one episode at a time, has died of complications of a fall at the age of 89. His film career is notable for reporter Andy Henderson who interviewed Santa Claus before the jolly old elf Conquered the Martians, but he’s probably best remembered as Ralph the Money-Grubbing Doorman on The Jeffersons. His death leaves Florence, Jenny Willis and one of the Lionels as the only characters from The Jeffersons who have not populated deluxe apartments in the sky.