Esther Rolle's Untold Story, Abandoned House, MYSTERIOUS DEATH and Net Worth Revealed -SURPRISE HEIR
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- čas přidán 13. 03. 2024
- As a seasoned journalist with a penchant for uncovering the hidden narratives that lie beneath the surface, delving into Esther Rolle's untold story is a journey into the enigmatic world of Hollywood's forgotten tales. From the shadows of an abandoned house to the haunting mystery surrounding her untimely demise, Rolle's life unfolds like a gripping mystery novel waiting to be deciphered. Join me as we unravel the layers of her legacy, exploring the depths of her career, the circumstances of her mysterious death, and the surprising revelations of her net worth that shed light on the true essence of this remarkable icon.
#EstherRolle #Goodtimes
It's funny how Norman Lear made sure that All in the Family featured a family with a married couple, but insisted that Florida be a single mother in Good Times. He was a piece of garbage.
FACTS!!!!!!!!!STRAIGHT TRAILOR TRASH!!
Married yes but Archie treated his wife terrible. That doesnt need to be mirrored. People need to understand the depiction of marriage is not enough. A healthy relationship respect between the couple has to be shown as well.
@@befree4052💯💯
Norman Lear was garbage.... he used Michael Evans and Eric Monte and robbed them of their rights.
@@sassyb2050 Yeah... I've heard the same, exact thing.
The show was never the same after Norman Lear killed off John Amos’s character James Evans Sr. A father he didn’t want on the show in the first place.
Yeees he should have paid him his worth I will never forget the episode when he died she should have gotten a Emmy for that show.
Not only that, but they made her new husband own a fix it shop, something James wanted, but never got.
I agree
Yeah, after John Amos left, I found it hard to watch the show.
Exactly…He was just itching to do it.
Norman Lear stole the script from a black man named Eric Monte. The writer and founder of the movie Cooly High.
Yes and Lear took ALL the credit for it 🤦🏾♀️smh
This is what the Jewish do to us. They thrive off it
Very True
WOW 🧐😒😔
That's what they do! They're nothing without us!
R I.P Queen Esther Roll💐🌟
I'm still watching Good Times now as of 2 hours ago because there's nothing else on tv worth watching these days.💜👏
You can say that again
Literally was watching it when I scrolled up on this
I agree with you wholeheartedly
Yep. On prime I watch Good times every morning. I also watch Ironside afterwards. Honestly, all I watch is old TV shows b/c you're right, its nothing good on tv.
So do I and I agree with you.
I live up the street from the location her house was at, she is still very much a local legend. RIP Ms. Rolle ❤
Was that really the inside of her home? Wonder why her stepdaughter didn't keep it cleaned and maintained.
We will always love and respect this strong black queen, we will always know her as the Matriarch of my favorite classic tv sitcom Good Times💕👏🏽🙌🏽💪🏾🙏🏽
What was she qang of..? 😂
For sure
Very well said all facts💕💖🙌🏽🙌🏽
Yes indeed, ALWAYS!❤🙏🏾😇
The description of JJ is incorrect. First he was a high school student, so why did he have to work. Second, there were plenty of episodes of JJ working. He had the food delivery job, he had the movie usher job, he sold his artwork and had commissioned jobs for his art (he was paid $250 to paint mural for a black owned bank), he taught art lessons to his peers, he had a job as a greeting card illustrator and last a comic strip cartoonist for which he sold his comic strip character Dyno Woman...
I agree! It was not that serious. There is usually a wild card child in real life!
Facts
When he was delivering chicken he had a rooster on a stick on top of his hat like a clown. That was straight bafoon come on now.
Jj had many jobs Jj made the show to me sound like Ester roll and John Amos wanted a drama show that’s what comedy about laughter
Exactly I think the problem was he out shined them
Its sad that your family doesn't value what you leave them behind 😢
True
I go to sleep every night with goodtimes on. It's something about it , like a Comfort. Eversince my first anxiety attack when i was 12 i started watching this thanks to my father. He passed in 2020 and I'm so grateful he introduced me to this. I love Florida!!! Aka miss Esther Rolles ❤
Her beautiful skin held all of the secrets of The Sun. 🥰.
#ThankYouMissRolle. ❤.
Her step daughter should be ashamed that she didn't take care of her home. That's the least she could have done. 3 million reasons 👎👎
Maybe she didn’t have the money for the up keep
@jackievaughn1771 Bruh, she left her stepdaughter $3 million. The up keep 2 that small home was probably no more than $20,000 if she had kept it up from the BEGINNING 🤦🏾♀️
We’ll yes she should be shame, that she didn’t keep it up
If Esther Rolle didn't keep it up, her daughter didn't need to. The way that house looks, it should be torn down. It's a material thing. If lives can be lost, so can a house. Times change. People change.
Not her job to do dat,,,, nice gesture ,but not it's job
Thank you Ms Esther Rolle for standing ten toes down on family values! SIP Queen 🙏🏽🕊️💜
Find myself still watching the show I love it!!❤
Absolutely same I'm always watching still.
Me 2, still love it! It takes me back to my childhood. I can remember coming home from school rushing to get my homework done! At 4pm, a show on a Philly station called, Dancin on Air, used to come on. It was about high school kids in the area dancing. Then at 5 & 530pm, Good Times, would come on and I'd laugh my azz off like crazy for an entire hour. After that, at 6pm, on a public tv channel, Dark Shadows would come on. It was about a man that was turned into a vampire by an evil witch because he didn't want her so she wanted revenge. I watched that as well everyday. I remember it used to come on when I was 5yrs old. It used to scare the ish outta me so bad that I used to hide under the bed lol. Thank God I overcame the fear of that show
I still watch this show.
YES!!! STREAMING ON "PEACOCK"!!!! YAAY, TAKES ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD 💛 AND IM ON IT AT 6AM ON "GET TV" REG BROADCAST TV, TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT WHILE IT LAST 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Esther Rolle touched the lives of everyone she encountered and her memory will thrive in our hearts forever
They did not understand black families. A strong devoted mother and wife like Florida would never leave her children for a new husband to go to Arizona and it would have taken years for her to date again. They made her look like a white woman of that era.
That's precisely what led to her not being on season 5.
Exactly. I DON’T think she would have even remarried at all. And the kids definitely wouldn’t accept another man over their Dad either as good of a Father James was.
She was a devout Christian and certainly wouldn't have married an atheist
That part.
This 🎯🎯🎯 would never ever
Definitely one of the GREATEST TV Moms of all-time. Her roll influenced me in many positive ways. 🌹🥀💐
She was a great actress. She also did a brilliant performance in the play "Raisin in the Sun."
Okay I gotta look that up I enjoyed the movie
I think she played in Gone With The Wind as a kitchen worker but I don't think she got credited for her part. Hattie Daniels was also in that movie. I liked her on the shows, Maude and Good Times and in the movie, Driving Miss Daisy. She died shelling peas and I cry every time I see that part.
In spite of her stepdaughter not keeping up her home that is a testament of the Ms. Ester, I loved her talents and the ground she paved for other African Americans!
As J.J got older he matured quite a bit...Him having two loving supportive parents was a big help along the way... Considering how his J.J character was supposed to only be 17 years old. Not a mature 21 year old when the series debuted..There are alot of kids who could relate to him because they was kinda like him.. being Creative... Maybe they are wonderful...have great potential...Show great Promise
in a different way....Maybe like J.J was... they were not the most scholasticlly/academically inclined..Michael and Thelma was that way. ..J.J. had Artistic Talent/ his personality is also artistically inclined....He would do well in the Creative career field..Sometimes Parents have to embrace who their kids really are and the gifts skills and talents....Great abilities that are God given...It's sad the family couldn't keep her house up...Those things happen...Maybe they gave it a good try...Hope she loved and enjoyed living there while she was alive..
A true Bahamian American icon 🇧🇸
This is my grandma's first cousin. I found out later at my family reunion. I'm the youngest generation of her . My family Is Big
@@erickabradshawMs Rolle is Bahamian
She comes from a family of the coconut Grove.
One of my favorite Florida Evans moments was when she got Michael out of the street gang by threatening the gang members with a baseball bat. She was tough, beautiful, wise, and loving. Another favorite was the episode with the Black doctor) played by Paula Kelly) who did make house calls in the ghetto, that is until she met Florida Evans. There are many more favorites. Esther Rolle was a beautiful talent. May she continue to rest in peace.
Amazing woman and actress.
They can at least keep the home nice and Clean and charge a small fee so family’s can walk through 🤔
Exactly. But this is why we as a people don't have many legacies. We cherish very little in our own community.
@@yvonneallison8521 So true, my mother made me promise her that upon her changing of realms, to keep her home. The house is a huge, old fashioned mansion, with original oak and red wood throughout the home. Stained glass windows, just a gem. She refused to get rid of the old furnace that was made in the very early 1900’s. My husband found someone to repair it, the older gentleman was stunned bc it’s hard to find original designed things like that, he even repaired it for cheap. House is kept up beautifully, if she leaves b4 me her wish will be upheld. My mom&pops worked hard outside of that home to maintain it. Although I’m a modern girl I appreciate antiques and phenomenal woodwork. White folks have tried to buy it from her but she refuses to sale. My husband and uncle help her keep it up bc Daddy passed. We must learn to cherish what our parents worked so hard for.
Agreed
That was not the inside of that house! Come on now
I'm on my third set of Good times DVD's. They're shows I can watch with my great grand children. Thanks actors, and rest in heavenly peace, to all the deceased from that show. I remember the lady who played her boss, when she took the job catching shoplifters, passed away the same time as Ja'Net.
A real Class act
So sad. But, she left a wonderful legacy. Not with just her Good Times portraya, but on Maude, etc. Among her acting roles and one of my favorite portrayals by Esther Rolle was her performance in Driving Miss Daisy as the maid and friend to Morgan Freeman her understated portrayal was quietly beautiful down to the moment she died while snapping peas. Thank you and Rest in Peace.
Salute. Loved Good Times. They need to fix the house up and make it a Historical Landmark and Museum.
I agree this will be Awesome but I truly thought they did ....Rest in power Ms. Esther Rose .
Everybody loved Good Times!
She also had a beautiful home in Baldwin Hills. (The Black Beverly Hills).
She lived on Don Felipe Drive. She lived there several years before selling. I was just wondering why that wasn’t mentioned. 🤦🏾♀️
I didn't know it was Fon Felipe I thought it was on Valley Ridge thanks for the update. I lived in Baldwin Village just below there
Sorry with the Grammar meant Don Felipe 😅
To see that house was also she was able to attain after all the years of hard work she put in is disheartening. She is a legend in her own right. Rest in power.
That's a house she lived in before she became famous when she didn`t have much money because I remember seeing photos of her home in ebony or jet magazine and it was a large and very nice home . .
She died with a $3 million estate. I doubt that was the house she was living in before she died.
I love good times, that was one of the best black shows in the world, and I still watch the show when it comes on😀🥰😍❤
Yes it was
Great show, still watch the show and the DVDs.
Me too! 😂❤
Me too.
I watch the first three seasons with James daily ❤
Me too
I love good times and I can watch it over and over again ❤❤❤
I discovered she was my cousin a few years ago by doing a dna test. Shootout to my family in the Bahamas. The rolles and Devereux. R.I.P. Queen. Esther Rolle🙏🏽
Shoutout. ...congratulations
I watch Good Times every day...in the morning it's on four times in a row and in the evening it's in twice...never can get enough....beautiful show and people❤😂😂😂
Its interesting how back then. People could maintain a private life...They was famous before social media existed..
There's almost no private lives in this era of social media,they could enjoy some privacy then....
Yes
Of course they were famous they, were on tv at a time where only less than 10 channels were on at once. It was tv and no cable. Tv literally went off at midnight or earlier during this era. Everyone knew this show then as there wasn’t much to watch.
Thank you Miss Rolle.
She reminded me of my mama and my big mama...strong black women...💪💪♥️♥️
Sad about her home.
RIP beautiful lady ❤
This great show will live on forever because it had SUBSTANCE..salute to Ms Rolle for standing on her morals and getting what she wanted.. R.I.P. to this great lady and salute to the STELLAR CAST
Thank you Rolle cause the white family sitcoms always had a father present ! Thank you for fighting for that 🙏🏾♥️
So how was her death mysterious then?
I absolutely loved Esther Rolle in Good Times and I often thought of how great she would be as my mother, I had a wonderful mother RIP 🙏🏻 Ma ❤ I just liked the actress.
I smile uncontrollably whenever I see her on TV or here. God Bless her. Growing up as a kid this was my "Cosby Show"
I have the same Birthday, November 8th as 👑 Esther Rolle 🙏🏿🕊️🌹
Scorpio ♏🦂
Damn ! Damn!Damn! I’m November 1st😅
The title is misleading: You spoke more about Good Times 🤦🏽♀️
Yes I was just listening and waiting
Her beauty wasn’t manufactured, it was the real deal. That type of beauty embedded through the fibers of the being.
Certainly, she was a gorgeous woman!
Thank you for helping to kick doors down for many to come through. RIP 🌹🕊🕊
My mom the one that put me on good times as a kid me and her would sit and watch that all the time 💙
😂 how young are you?!!
I watched Good Times as a little girl. Loved her❤
I thought this would be about Ester Rolls life not the series she starred in.
I'm from Pompano Beach Florida. Ms. Rolle
The infamous local Blanche Ely Marching band would always do a tribute during the Homecoming Parade every year.
I hope they patition to make her house a museum🙏🏾🥰
It should be a historical site!
It is a great historical site and will make a lovely museum
Much Respect to Queen Esther Rolle! A classy and proud Black woman who had to stand up for the self- value & dignity she showed tO Mr. Lear & other white producers who had no respect for Black Artists! I'm so proud of her ❤️🖤💚
She had a beautiful smile that reminded me of my little sister with her gap ,lovely lady great actress,may she RIP
I was hoping to learn about her life from the late 70s to her death in the late 90s. And that's the EXACT timeline this video skipped about her life.
You did an amazing job at providing a historical background on the Legacy of Good Times❤
When my people had pride❤. I love mrs esther for what she believed in
If you believe in God google pride in the bible , it's the worst thing you can have in life ..
Damn! Damn! Damn!
Thank you for sharing her real life story ,🤓 what a wonderful lady she actually was 😢 God bless her forever ❤️💐 😀
she such a beautiful woman, she reminds me of my grandmother, those cheeks, eyes and smile
Bahamian American icon🇧🇸
That’s what I thought Exuma Bahamas
@@daviseb1 Yes 👍🏾 Definitely Exuma....Rolletown
She is related to my siblings! The Rolle’s are Bahamian. I’m always with her family members.
@@ladyroyalsupremest Rolle is 100 percent the most common surname in The Bahamas
That sĥow drop when janes left!@@
After Norman Lear fired John Amos off of Good Times, the show went down. The next thing you know Norman Lear used every episode from the 3 seasons with James Evans in it and made it into a Black British show called ", The Fosters". I been trying to get the dvd version of the show The Fosters for years because I love that black British show also.❤
Esther Rolle has always struck me being a regal. A woman with deep convictions.
The title is very misleading. I thought this was a segment about Ester Rolle and her life but this was more about the show Good Times. Very disappointing
A show that will never be dull
Thank you Esther Rolle for standing up for integrity and the show was better for it!
This lady had class and morals! Love it! Bring class and good morals back❤!
One of my go to rainy day favorites ❤ #goodtimes
I love Esther Rolle she was such a classy lady & Good Times was better with John Amos although I did watch it after he left it wasn't the same.😊
Thank you for sharing your gifs with. US. . R.I.P 🌷🌷🌷🌷
Her house is on zillow and it says it's sold with pictures of the inside and the renovation on it is beautiful
❤Yes, she was.
Thanks...was a very good memory lane of someone postive.
I agree with Esther Rolle’s view point of J J’s role on the show 100%. As the show went on I got to hate Jimmy Walker part on the show.h
I was waiting to see if anyone else understood. I must say his foolishness was quite unbearable, putting a comedian, with a seasoned actress, wasn't the best direction for this classic show to go at all, now he is old, angry, and bitter, because all he will be ever known for, is( Dynamite)
@@bosslady1188like you know him shut the hell up
😮@@bosslady1188
One of the best television shows. Now, we have a bunch of clown shows just as they planned. Iam happy Esther Rolle and John Amos stood their ground. They will forever be remembered.
My son is 13 and he knows the theme song... Since he was a baby, we watched Good Times together. The same with MARTIN... Timeless!
Is great video, great coverage. I learned a lot.
She was my patient at Cedar Sinai at the dialysis clinic, very quiet kept to herself.
I don’t know about that house that they Showed in this Video, when she died she had a House in Ballwin Hill, how do I know because I lived down the street from her!
Baldwin hills 😊
JJ wasn't jobless. He always worked...even as a high school student...
Bless Esther Roll Journey
Continue to R.I.P. 🕊🙏🏾
great stuff, keep up the great work
I still watch Good Times.
I love her from my ❤ always will her beautiful smile!
To me, Ms Esther, was a American woman actress that was someone that I respected, she was a role model for me
As of today 2024 im still looking at GoodTines and i always will
THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT STORY, BECAUSE, IT WAS ACTUAL, AND FACTUAL FOR A CHANGE, WHICH I APPRECIATE!!!! THANK YOU 🎉
Now I love Esther she was a pioneer woman! Great actress but the script's they gave her had me so mad😂🤣 I was so mad at how Thay had her crying and begging and pleding for james not to try to get them out of the getto he found the money from the store robbery he didn't take it he found it and cried and begged him to give it back when he had to shot pool to get the rent she cried for him not to do it the kids tried to find away she stopped them she mad me so mad😂 i had to remember it was tv and somebody was writing those script's i still want to know who it was😂but I still watch it its one of my favorite sitcom's of all times besides sanford and son and the Jefferson's and Maude and what's happing and That's my mama and Julia and flip Wilson and room 222 and the bill Cosby show when he played the role coach Kent Kincaid that really takes me back I miss those days so much I really wish I could go back those were the best of times Esther is indeed a ledgendary woman and a wonderful actress she's dearly missed but never forgotten she's a significant part of my childhood and I thank her for that she paved the way for a lot of color men and women actors and actresses bless her ❤️
So proud of her she died rich. She stood her ground for what she believed Bravo 👏 🙌 🙏 ✨️ And JJ always had a job after high school and he was a artist 🎨 Florida new love intrest never fit. Wilona tried to hold down the lead cudos to her efforts.
Looks like someone did buy her old home and fixed it up. Thank goodness! 🙏🏾❤
She was such a beautiful and talented queen❤
O love Good time and watch the reruns as if it were yesterday ❤❤
She was related to my grandfather Nathaniel Dames who was from Nassau like her parents.
One of the BEST🎉
Pompano is a small town everybody knows everybody or kin to each other
What did this narrator say? "Ain't you glad you let your fingers do the walking because you got kid Dynamite doing the talking?" I've never heard JJ say that. They're always trying to tell our stories and don't know anything.
Holy cow I live in pompano Beach! I had no idea she was born here!
The AI sounding voice is irritating.
It sure is
Much love such a wonderful person may Ja bless her in the New System.Good Times😊
SOUTH FLORIDA ( GREATEST ) I'M IN THE CITY OF POMPANO EVERYDAY PASSING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY . DRIVING ON THE STREET NAMED AFTER HER .🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉
I still watch today
She she also went to Yale University in my hometown of New Haven Connecticut. where, I worked for almost 8 years rest easy, Queen❤