D.J. Johnny Fever in ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies at 81

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Howard Hesseman, the actor and improvisational comedian best known for playing a stuck-in-the-’60s radio disc jockey in the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 81.

His wife, Caroline Ducrocq, said he died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from colon surgery last summer.

Mr. Hesseman received two Emmy nominations for playing Dr. Johnny Fever on “WKRP in Cincinnati,” which ran on CBS for four seasons from 1978 to 1982.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/arts/television/howard-hesseman-dead.html

 

[Anybodyhome]

Was a decent sitcom in the day for network TV. Of course, who can forget Lonnie Anderson...

[cookinbrak]

I liked Bailey better. Loni did bring the boobage, tho.

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

[Khyber53]

Such an iconic actor. One of his earliest gigs was on The Andy Griffith Show. 

 

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