hollywood: Flip Wilson

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Flip Wilson

He got custody of his children in 1979 and quit show biz to devote more time to them.He won a Grammy in 1970 for Best Comedy Recording for "The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress".He also claimed (seriously) that one of the homes he lived in was haunted in some way.He is the subject of a song by the World/Inferno Friendship Society, "Nosliw Pilf".Had four children with common-law wife Blonell Pitman.