weird. another familiar face from my childhood tv viewing days is gone. had no idea he as old as he was. i guess that means he was in his early 40s when he was on the channel.
hard to imagine an mtv that didn't pander to adolescents--or actually played music, for that matter
J.J. Jackson, One Of MTV's First VJs, Dies At Age 62
03.18.2004 4:40 PM EST
J.J. Jackson, remembered as one of the first faces of MTV, died Wednesday night in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack, according to friends and former business associates. He was 62.
Jackson helped define the term "VJ" as one of the first on-air personalities on MTV when the channel launched in 1981. During his five-year tenure with the network, Jackson interviewed some of the top names of the day and was part of some key music milestones. Jackson covered the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert in London and helped to "unmask" Kiss during a 1982 interview. He also hosted the debut episode of MTV's long-running "120 Minutes" in 1986, and brought music titans like Robert Plant and Pete Townshend to the then-fledgling channel.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485838/20040318/index.jhtml?headlines=true
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