Ned Wertimer, doorman on 'Jeffersons,' dies at age 89

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died.

Wertimer's manager Brad Lemack said Tuesday that the 89-year-old actor died at a Los Angeles-area nursing home on Jan. 2.

Wertimer had on-off roles on dozens of TV shows from the early 1960s through the late 1980s.