JJ Jackson (MTV VJ) died

[ikojo]

I can't believe he was in his 40s when he was a VJ! That wouldn't happen on MTV now. That was when the M in MTV actually meant something.

http://nytimes.com/2004/03/22/arts/music/22JACK.html

J.J. Jackson, Early MTV Video Jockey, Is Dead at 62
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Published: March 22, 2004
J. J. Jackson, one of the five original MTV video jockeys and an influential black broadcaster on rock radio and on television, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 62.

Mr. Jackson apparently suffered a heart attack, friends told The Associated Press.

[Narf]

1. Video killed the radio star?

[northzax]

2. again?

I thought he died last week.