FOG BLOG ENTERTAINMENT LOG: GREGORY SIERRA , FROM SANFORD & SON & BARNEY MILLER DIES:

GREGORY SIERRA , WHO ACTED ON BOTH BARNEY MILLER AND SANFORD AND SON HAS DIED OF CANCER AT THE AGE OF 83.......Gregory Sierra, the actor best known for his roles in Sanford and Son and Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.

Sierra died from cancer on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California, according to his wife Helene Tabor.

"He was quite wonderful, and my heart is broken into 400 million pieces," she told CNN, explaining the cancer persisted "for quite a while and he was doing the best he could and just couldn't do it anymore."

Tabor also called Sierra "a brilliant actor," noting that he was still receiving fan mail after his death.