- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Watty
- Irwin C. Watson was born on April 6, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), A.E.S. Hudson Street (1977) and Good Times (1974). He was married to Edlyne Rosemond. He died on February 1, 1999 in Orlando, Florida, USA.
- SpouseEdlyne Rosemond(1981 - February 1, 1999) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenRodwinRegina
- He was a very popular African-American stand-up comic who worked the nightclubs and and the Borscht Belt circuit. He was a frequent guest on the top talk/variety television shows of that era.
- Reportedly his final gig was performing on Norwegian American Cruise Line ships which he was doing until is fatal heart attack at the age of 70 in 1999.
- If I got a heart transplant, I would want [Alabama Governor] George Wallace's heart. I would want a heart that had never been used.
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