How do you describe perfection? Of Norwegian parentage Jon eric or "Jack" to his friends was the epitome of a viking god with the most striking azure blue eyes and a voice that was unforgettable once you heard it, very deep bass for a white man....
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How do you describe perfection? Of Norwegian parentage Jon eric or "Jack" to his friends was the epitome of a viking god with the most striking azure blue eyes and a voice that was unforgettable once you heard it, very deep bass for a white man. Even by todays standards no one has came close to Jon eric in either looks or charisma Jon eric was a mesmerising young man and from the few shows and movies he starred in it was evident he had a quickly rising talent. From information I have gathered he was known to be a very kind man, loved sport which gave him a body to die for, loyal to his friends, both serious and funny with a dynamic personality. If you watch his TV interviews, he was open, honest and down to earth even allowing the cameras to film his new home which was an ordinary little house that he had proudly bought as a foreclosure. He described himself as "cheap" with money and bought almost nothing opting to save his money as he had intended producing his own material. Once you see and hear Jon you never forget him.Buy his first TV show Voyagers! It was a historical action/adventure series and highly entertaining, worth it just to watch Jon on screen or go visit one of the many web sites dedicated to him. I am 37 now but I can still remember the first day I saw him on screen when I was 12!!talk about lasting impressions.

In the early 1980s this ruggedly handsome young man of Norwegian parentage was seen as the "next big thing", and then suddenly he was dead from an accident via a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Hexum was born and raised in Tenafly,...
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In the early 1980s this ruggedly handsome young man of Norwegian parentage was seen as the "next big thing", and then suddenly he was dead from an accident via a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Hexum was born and raised in Tenafly, New Jersey where he was a musically gifted student at school playing both the horn & the violin in the school orchestra, and even the piano at home. He then attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio before transferring across to Michigan State University studying bio-medical engineering and then switching over to philosophy. Whilst at MSU, Hexum played football, and DJ'd at several local radio stations under the name of "Yukon Jack", before being discovered by John Travolta's manager, Bob LeMond.

Hexum allegedly turned down plenty of opportunities to appear in shows such as "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) & "CHiPs" (1977) and many day time soap operas before finally making his debut in the TV series "Voyagers!" (1982) as time traveler Phineas Bogg. He was then cast as hunk Tyler Burnett alongside Joan Collins in Making of a Male Model (1983) (TV), and then as ex-Green Beret, Mac Harper in the TV series Cover Up (1984) (TV).

However, on October 12th, 1984 after a long and draining day's shooting on the set of Cover Up (1984) (TV), Hexum became bored with the extensive delays and jokingly put a prop .44 magnum revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger. The gun fired, and the wadding from the blank cartridge shattered his skull, whereupon the mortally injured Hexum was rushed via ambulance to hospital to undergo extensive surgery. Despite five hours of work, the chief surgeon Dr David Ditsworth, described the damage to Hexum's brain as life ending, and one week later on October 18th, he was taken off life support and pronounced dead. However, Hexum's commitment to organ donation, meant five other lives were assisted or saved with organs harvested from him. The youthful & charming Hexum was dead at only 26 years of age.