# She moved on up. RIP Ja'net Dubois

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [February 19, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190 "2020-02-19T19:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190/1 "2020-02-19T19:36:08Z")

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Searched and did not find a thread about [Ja’net Dubois’s death.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/janet-dubois-dead-good-times-star-dies-at-74-report-1279855) She died yesterday at 74. She saved Penny from an abusive situation (if not Janet Jackson herself) and [could sing the hell out of theme songs.](https://youtu.be/fXodXKRJwkk)

I guess I’ve got a lot of these coming the older I get.

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**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190/2 "2020-02-22T02:42:20Z")

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I mostly remember her from Good Times and didn’t realize she sang the theme song to The Jeffersons. I will say I had quite the crush on Willona. RIP.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190/3 "2020-02-22T03:42:26Z")

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> [@Cumberdale](#):
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> I mostly remember her from Good Times and didn’t realize she sang the theme song to The Jeffersons. I will say I had quite the crush on Willona. RIP.

I also had a big crush on Willona. This thread has saddened me.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190/4 "2020-02-22T15:23:16Z")

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Wilona was the cool aunt everyone wishes they had.

I did not know that she sang the Jefferson’s theme song! That’s the kind of trivia I live for.