Roker and Sy Kravitz divorced in 1985, and Roker died of breast cancer in 1995 at the age of 66. Sy died in 2005 at age 80. Lenny Kravitz hugging his mother, Roxie Roker, at the 1993 MTV Video ...

Speaking about her grandmother Roxie Roker, who played Helen Willis, one half of an interracial married couple on "The Jeffersons," Kravitz said, "When I got older I realized, 'Oh, that’s why it ...

Kravitz portrays his mother as sunshine and love. Deeply attuned to her son’s needs, The Jeffersons’ actress Roxie Roker, created an alter ego named Ruff Ruff to act as Lenny’s childhood ...

Lenny Kravitz at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock. The rocker, who wrote in his 2020 memoir Let Love Rule that he “was a mama’s boy,” brought Roker as ...

Roxie Roker, second from left in top row, was one of the reasons "The Jeffersons" was such a massive hit. CBS via Getty Images. The doting dad, who is also related to TODAY’s own Al Roker, has ...

Roker, who was an actress, passed away from breast cancer in 1995 at the age of 66. Roxie made history on The Jeffersons as the first character to have an interracial relationship on a popular series.

Roxie Roker and and husband Sy Kravitz smiling at each other. Kravitz dedicated his 2020 memoir, Let Love Rule, to his mother. "I was a mama's boy," he told People ahead of the book's release.

The "American Woman" rocker tells his own story in his debut memoir, "Let Love Rule," out now.

Lenny Kravitz at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11. Kravitz, 60, won best rock at this year’s ceremony for his song “Human,” and dedicated the honor to his mother Roxie Roker, who died ...

Kravitz brought his actress mom as his date to the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Lenny Kravitz at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11. Lenny Kravitz celebrated his win at the ...