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| Mar 21st, 2004 07:45 PM | |
| Perndog |
So MTV's staff has finally started dying off. You'll know the music is really dead when Riki Rachtman dies of prostate cancer or something. |
| Mar 21st, 2004 09:12 AM | |
| bigtimecow |
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| Mar 19th, 2004 10:23 AM | |
| Miss Modular |
Original MTV VJ JJ Jackson dies Remember when the M in MTV stood for music? I sure don't. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3549073.stm Early MTV presenter dies aged 62 "JJ" Jackson was a radio personality before working for MTV John "JJ" Jackson, one of music channel MTV's first on-air personalities, has died aged 62. Mr Jackson died of an apparent heart attack while driving home from dinner in Los Angeles on Wednesday. MTV said: "He was a big part of the channel's success and we are sure he is in the music section of heaven, with lots of his friends and heroes." It said Mr Jackson's love of music and sense of humour helped set the channel's tone in its formative years. He gained prominence while working at radio stations in Boston and Los Angeles before heading to MTV in New York. After five years at the music channel, Jackson returned to radio in Los Angeles. "I talked to him two days ago. JJ was in a great place," said Mark Goodman, a friend who also worked on MTV at its launch. "It's incredible, so incredibly sad it happened like this." Mr Jackson was divorced and left a daughter and two grandchildren, Mr Goodman said. |
