Ka Ho Cho: Spouse of Redd Foxx

Who Redd Foxx was

Born in 1922, he became known as the “King of the Party Records” and performed on more than 50 records. His television work included Sanford and Son, The Redd Foxx Show and The Royal Family, with Fred G. Sanford as his central role on the first series.

He portrayed Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son and played the fictional character John Elroy Sanford. His film work included All the Fine Young Cannibals, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Norman… Is That You? and Harlem Nights. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and in 2004 Comedy Central Presents ranked him 24th among the 100 greatest stand-ups. His nightclub act had been known for raunchy material and gained success before and during the civil rights movement.

Who Ka Ho Cho was

Ka Ho Cho is the woman identified as Redd Foxx’s spouse. Foxx married her in July 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. Her place in public history is tied to that marriage rather than to a separately documented professional role. No occupation or body of work has been published for her under her own name.

Ka Ho Cho’s personal background has not been published in detail. Her date of birth, family connections and activities outside the marriage have not appeared in print. Foxx’s published explanation of why he married her concerns his own decision and his reliance on her support. It does not provide a description of Cho’s own career or personal history.

Their marriage

Ka Ho Cho was Redd Foxx’s spouse, and their marriage began in July 1991. The wedding took place in Seoul, South Korea. Foxx had renounced marriage after his third divorce, but he told Jet magazine that he married Cho because she stuck by him through his trials and tribulations with the IRS. His explanation made her support the stated reason for his change of position.

Foxx’s marriage to Joi Yun Chi Chung ended in 1981, while his marriage to Ka Ho Cho began in 1991. Cho therefore became his spouse in the final recorded stage of his family history. The contemporary account focuses on Foxx’s reasons for marrying Cho rather than on the couple’s later life.

Foxx’s earlier marriages

Evelyn Killebrew was Foxx’s spouse from 1948 to 1951. Betty Jean Harris was his spouse from 1956 to 1975. Joi Yun Chi Chung was his spouse from 1976 to 1981. Ka Ho Cho was his spouse from 1991. These four names identify different marriages in Foxx’s family history, rather than alternative names for one spouse.

Ka Ho Cho is therefore the spouse associated with Foxx’s 1991 wedding, not any of the three earlier spouses. The earlier marriages took place before his wedding to Cho and were separate relationships. Among the marriages listed, his marriage to Evelyn Killebrew came first, followed by those to Betty Jean Harris and Joi Yun Chi Chung. The chronology prevents search results naming one of those earlier spouses from being mistaken for the woman he married in July 1991.

Ka Ho Cho’s work and public life

Ka Ho Cho’s occupation has not been published. No professional title, employer or body of work is attached to her name in the published material about her. The public account of her connection with Foxx concerns their marriage rather than her professional life. No separate career account has appeared in print.

The published statement about their marriage came from Foxx, who told Jet magazine that Cho had stayed with him through his trials and tribulations with the IRS. He had renounced marriage after his third divorce, making his explanation of choosing Cho specific to that change. The statement describes Cho’s support for him but does not identify her occupation. It also contains no account of work she carried on independently.

What remains unpublished

Ka Ho Cho’s date of birth has not been published. No account of how she and Foxx met has appeared in print. Her occupation and professional work have not been publicly identified. Her family connections and personal background have not been documented in published profiles. No interview in which she discusses her own life has been published.

The circumstances of the wedding ceremony have not been published beyond its taking place in July 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. No published interview has presented Cho’s own account of her background, work or marriage. The published statements associated with her have come from accounts of Foxx’s decision to marry.