The Man Who Made Our Family Room Feel Like Home: Remembering Hal Williams

Every family has a show, and for ours it was Sanford and Son. This week we lost Hal Williams, the actor behind Officer "Smitty," at 91. What we didn't know until now: he was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, the same city where our family gathered episode after episode, and he even went to the same high school as my niece. A tribute to the man, his remarkable career, and the hometown connection we never saw coming.