RED CARPET Coverage of the Legacy-A-Thon & Awards Honoring Tommy Ford

It has been 5 years since Mr. Tommy Ford passed away. To keep his legacy alive, Xcellence, Inc presented the event, Legacy-A-Thon & Awards; which happened Sunday, October 10, 2021 in Atlanta, GA. The Michael Finkley Show was honored to cover the RED CARPET event talking with Tommy's amazing family, friends, and colleagues.  They shared incredible and encouraging stories about the late actor.

ABOUT TOMMY FORD

Thomas Mikal Ford was an American actor and comedian. The actor played the level-headed pal of Lawrence on Martin for the show's entire five-year run. One running joke was his not having a job, prompting the catchphrase: "You don't got no job, Tommy!" Ford had other TV parts, notably as Lieutenant Malcolm Barker on Fox's New York Undercover and Mel Parker on UPN's The Parkers, as well as playing the Pope of Comedy on TV One's Who's Got Jokes with Bill Bellamy.   Ford was also a motivational speaker and a children's book author. He appeared in the fourth season of Who's Got Jokes? Ford died from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm on October 12, 2016 at a hospital in the Atlanta area. He was 52.

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