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He died by a deliberate self-inflicted blank cartridge gunshot to the head on the set of Cover Up. [1] Life and career. Hexum was born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1957, to Thorleif Andreas Hexum, a Norwegian immigrant, and Gretha Olivia (née Paulsen) Hexum, a Minnesota -born American of Norwegian parentage. [2] .
Oct 22, 2021 · Hexum was an actor who died at the age of 26 on October 18, 1984 after an accident on the set of the TV show Cover Up in Los Angeles. The young actor and model shot himself in the head with a...
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Oct 20, 1984 · Jon- Erik Hexum, a television actor who inadvertently shot himself in the head with a blank-loaded pistol, has died, officials said today. He was 26 years old. The hospital...
Oct 22, 2021 · Aged 26, Hexum – known for his lead role in Voyagers! – died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The New Jersey-born actor and model had been filming scenes in the TV series Cover Up, in which...
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Despite five hours of work, the chief surgeon, Dr. David Ditsworth, described the damage to Hexum's brain as life-ending. 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. He was 26 years old.
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6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Mini Bio. In the early 1980s, this ruggedly handsome young American actor 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.
Oct 20, 1984 · Coroner's spokesman Bill Gold said Saturday an autopsy showed that the cause of Hexum's death was a gunshot wound to the head and that the shooting was accidental.
