Ja'net DuBois Passed Away!

Ja'net DuBois of Good Times fame passed away.

Only two months after the live taping of Good Times and All in The Family on ABC aired, Ja'net DuBois appeared with John Amos, Jimmie Walker and Berne Nadette Stanis, we learned that she passed away.

So this comes as a huge surprise to me. She was active during her time.

As confirmed by her family and those close to Ja'net, the entertainer had died early Tuesday in her sleep at her home in Glendale.

Known for making some of the greatest entrances in sitcom history as the sassy neighbor Willona Woods on the Norman Lear comedy Good Times.

She was the show-stopper on the sitcom that lasted from 1974 to 1979.

Good Times was a very popular sitcom in the 1970s.

She appeared on stage with Jimmy Kimmel to praise the work of the cast of Live in Front of a Studio Audience.

Going on to win two Emmys later in life for her vocal work on Eddie Murphy's animated sitcom The PJs, DuBois also co-wrote and sang the iconic "Movin' on Up" theme song from The Jeffersons that opened each episode of the Norman Lear series from 1975 to 1985.

DuBois had roles on the big screen as well. She appeared in the Academy Award nominated Diary of a Mad Housewife in 1970. She also appeared in the 1950s Broadway series known as Golden Boys with Louis Gossett, Jr. and Sammy Davis, Jr.

She appeared in Keenan Ivory Wayans mock action movie I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. She appeared in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as well as A Different World, The Wayans Brothers, The Steve Harvey Show and numerous others.

The last appearance of Ja'net DuBois was the live taping of Good Times and All in The Family with Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear.

She also was the co-founder of the Pan African Films & Arts Festival with Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu. She also founded the Ja'net DuBois Academy of Theater Arts and Sciences.

She had two children. Rani DuBois and Raj Kristo Gupta. Raj died of cancer in 1987. Rani appeared on one episode of What's Happening!!.

She had recorded two albums. The albums Queen of the Highway and Hidden Treasures show her talents as a vocalist.

Ja'net has won a Primetime Emmy for her role on The PJs and a TV Land award for Good Times.