<P> According to Fred , his wife Elizabeth died around 1947 . In a running gag in the series , during times of distress , Fred looks up ( as to heaven ) with his hand across his chest , faking a heart attack and saying , `` This is the big one , Elizabeth ! I 'm coming to join ya honey . '' No one , however , falls for this transparent ruse . Fred raised Lamont alone and missed Elizabeth deeply . According to Fred , his son was named for Lamont Lomax , a pitcher from the Homestead Grays . In one episode , Lamont asks why he did not have a middle name ; Fred tells him that Lamont is his middle name : he and Elizabeth never came up with a first name . However , it was revealed in the third episode of the first season that Lamont was named `` Lamont Grady Sanford . '' </P>
<P> According to Fred , his wife Elizabeth died around 1947 . In a running gag in the series , during times of distress , Fred looks up ( as to heaven ) with his hand across his chest , faking a heart attack and saying , `` This is the big one , Elizabeth ! I 'm coming to join ya honey . '' No one , however , falls for this transparent ruse . Fred raised Lamont alone and missed Elizabeth deeply . According to Fred , his son was named for Lamont Lomax , a pitcher from the Homestead Grays . In one episode , Lamont asks why he did not have a middle name ; Fred tells him that Lamont is his middle name : he and Elizabeth never came up with a first name . However , it was revealed in the third episode of the first season that Lamont was named `` Lamont Grady Sanford . '' </P>
sanford and son what was his wife 's name
sanford and son what was his wife 's name
Elizabeth
Elizabeth