An earlier time when TV took three characters of different colors and sexes, put them into a show where they all struggled to cooperate in solving crimes in spite of their frictions, disagreements, and cultural separations.
They attempted to resolve them in a spirit of the 60's-70's (or so the producers hoped).
She had to be cool; she was married to Quincy Jones for some time.

Tributes from her cast members and friends show their respect for her work and personage.
