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Oct 22, 2021 · After a meteoric rise in the world of showbiz, Jon-Erik Hexum's life was cut short on October 18, 1984 when he put a 44. magnum, which was loaded with blanks, to his head and pulled the trigger.
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Actor, Model. He grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey and developed a love for the theater at a young age. In high school, he appeared in productions of Carousel and The Pajama Game. During his time at Michigan State University, he continued to act in student theater productions. He worked at various commercial AM station...
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Meeno Peluce on Jon-Erik: “...he was the best, least deserving to die, most full of life person I ever knew. The best working relationship I had ever known. ...
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The son of Thorleif Hexum (born in Norway) and Gretha Paulsen (born in Minnesota), Jon-Erik Hexum was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, where he was a musically gifted student at school playing both the horn and the violin in the school orchestra, and even the piano at home.
In the early 1980s, this ruggedly handsome young man of Norwegian parentage was seen as the "next big thing" - then suddenly he was dead from an accident via a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Hexum was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, where he was a musically gifted student at school playing both the horn and the violin in the school orchestra, and even the piano at home. He then ...
Oct 20, 1984 · LOS ANGELES -- The body of actor Jon-Erik Hexum, who fatally shot himself in the head and lay in a coma for a week before his organs were donated to others, was returned early Saturday from San ...
