Jon-Erik Hexum - 1984 News Coverage
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- I found this on an old disc which I bought before I became a member of the fanclub. It consists of parts of the news coverage following Jon-Erik Hexum's accidental shooting, his time in coma and his death.
It's not real HD, of course, since this has been taped from TV by fans in 1984 . The exact circumstances of his accident have never been fully uncovered, so any speculations of the journalists here remain speculations, even today.
Side Note: Nick Clooney (the anchorman with the white hair at the beginning) is George Clooney's dad.
Just found about him in 2024. What a gorgeous man, my lord ❤❤❤❤
I remember when this happened I cried for days. Even after all these years I still think about him. Was very glad when Voyagers came out on DVD got to see his face and here that very wonderful voice again.
He did have an actor type voice
Did you know him personally or just a fan?
@@ScoopDogg dawg she typed that comment 9 years ago...
@@trampbros3473 I know it says when she wrote it, I can read. And what does this have to do with anything, tell me?
Don't be so soft 🍦
I know I'm not alone when I say I fell in love with this man the first time I saw him on tv. To me, he is absolutely the most beautiful man I've ever seen! I don't remember ever reading or hearing one negative thing about him in the short time he was here. And what better testament to his character than his decision (honored by his mother) to donate his organs when he died. A beautiful human being, in every way!
***** He did like blondes. E.G. Daily. Yes, THAT E.G. Daily was his girl at the time.
Tornado1994 he also liked Guys- but why not?
+It Isnt Over Till The Fat Lady Sings Elizabeth Daily said that JE called her at 2 AM and told her that he fell in love with her.
ACTUALLY.. HE WAS INTO GUYS. GAY. TODAY HE WOULD BE FULL BLOWN OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH A HUSBAND.
@@edgelennox4035 you're high like no
Sad but at least the death was not in vain, Jon's life saved 5 others and this in my opinion was the best gift he could leave.
RIP! Jon. Loved Voyagers.
I was wondering how many of them are still alive.
tvmoviefan how did he save 5 lives?
The very love of my life,Michael O. Washington of LV,NV recieved his heart. He also received a kidney from a 19 year old. He has sinced passed 2001.RIP TO THE BEST THERE EVER WAS!!😭
Marc Jacobs donated his heart, skin and kidney(?) and liver
@@marcjacobs6613 Donor. His organs and eyes went to others in need. There is an article about it, google it.
He was a beautiful, talented man. This shouldn't of happened, I was devastated to hear about the accident. I was a sophomore in school then and have never forgot about him.
Wasnt an accident. He played a stupid game and won a stupid prize.
@@daniel_of_jersey4775 The Director and producers put him in that situation.
@@cabalenproductions6480If you're ignorant about Firearms - you shouldn't be handling them.
He had the potential to be the new Stallone, Arnold and much more he was the complete package.
I totally agree. I loved Jon Erik Hexum. A good guy on the inside.
Genuine. A terrible tragedy. Gone but never forgotten. The impact he made in such a short time. The complete package. I hope his family is comforted by the many fans including myself that remember him. Talent, charisma, well spoken, kind hearted, witty, gorgeous, we miss you Jon.
😡
He literally lives on in the donors who he helped with his body postmortem. Even the universe decided it was not time for those beautiful features to leave this earth. He beauty of person seeped into his physical appearance heavily
Oh, come on. Stallone or Arnold? Not even close.
@@basedtyrone461Still rather JEH had lived and see what he could have achieved.
so many years had passed ... still very sad.
I remember the Chaka Khan song, "I Feel For You", being played in heavy rotation on the radio, around the time of Mr. Hexum's death. For this reason, I could never disassociated that song from this occurrence. I just Googled the songs on the chart in November of 1984 and that song was #1! It's funny how you make associations with events.
I was only 8 years old and had such a huge crush on him and I will never forget when my mom told me that he died. It's one of the few things I remember clearly from my young years
8 years and in love with a grown man? I don’t think that’s normal
So incredibly sad. Just loved this actor.
The studio should have told everyone on set that the blanks were dangerous!
jon dies after 6 days of coma sorry this place
@Renel Degazon sadly neither does heaven. what a fucking shame jon erik hexum was literally a GIGA CHAD
How do you know they didn't? It's always someone else's fault isn't it?
Sad, very sad. One stupid little mistake and a lapse in judgment cost him everything, RIP.
At least in a sense he lives on through other people due to his organ donations
What an horrible stupid accident 😢
I saw cover up for the first time in 1991-92. I was in class 1 - 2. As a child I still remember these scenes and after so many long years, particularly in year 2015 when I was searching for serials from the 80s like Manimal, Automan, Highway man, and stuff, I ended up into Cover up where after watching the opening theme and feeling very nostslgic about it, I soon found a link of Hexum's accidental death during the shooting of cover up episode..... I felt and still feel very very sad about it. He was such a handsome Gentleman, a rising star of that era.... Ahhhhh... Its all gone. I have now watched so many videos related to Hexum, his life journey and death... Just too young.... I really really feel sad for him through the core of my heart... RIP
My first childhood crush and i was so upset crying for days. I couldnt watch Cover Up without him. Never made sense to me why he was messing with that gun.
Damn...this type of tragedy occurred again in the 1993 movie The Crow with Brandon Lee accidentally shot by a prop gun that went wrong
And just now in October 2021, a prop gun that went wrong killed a cinematographer and injured the director of a movie being produced by Alec Baldwin...who was holding the prop gun !
I knew someone would look at this video after hearing the tragedy that happened today
@@donaldhutchison4652 Yup! That's me as well lol
I’m sorry to say this, but this is worth including in the list of “Dumb ways to die”.
@@Claro1993 this death was so preventable 😢 as was Bruce Lee’s son & the lady on Baldwin’s movie set. Guns must be respected. Just sad
@@triplejmom7826 Yeah, but it keeps happening.
I remember this was one of my dad's favorite shows. Would watch it would with him each week - and hearing about it happening was really sad and surprising.
I wonder if the anchorman is related to George Clooney? looks just like him.
Edit: yeah it's his dad.
Yes it's George Clooney's father. He does look alot like him
Clooneys interbred.
which new anchor?
Was in high school when this tragic event hapened. RIP Jon Erik Hexum! You were wonderful!
I was 12 years old and remember this yesterday.
Same here. 12 years old in 1984 and vividly remember the news break announcing his death.
The prop man in charge of weapons should have removed the gun when they had filming delays. Same as on the Alec Baldwin set. Actors who wave weapons around are NOT firearms experts! 🧠
Dude died one month after I was born. Now I'm over a decade older than he was. Crazy.
Poor guy, I honestly never heard of Hexum till recently. Wow what a loss at almost 27 years old. Who knows what could have been.
Hexum could have had a successful acting career like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tom
Cruise, etc! 😢
Still haunt’s me today 🥲
An unspeakable, horrific tragedy!
I remember this like it was yesterday. Man, he had charisma.
I fondly remember Jon-Erik when he was on Voyagers. It was one of my favorite shows. I heard about his death from a tennant in an apartment building my parents and I used to live. I was shocked to hear about it. Thanks for posting this video.
Everytime I read or hear about his death I find myself thinking "what an incredible waste".
Hexum would been 58 years old if it wasn't for what happened to him in 1984. He would definitely had a successful acting career like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, etc!
It looks like there is a huge lesson for anyone who touches a gun, whether it’s loaded or not!
Agreed. All actors should be properly educated on the dangers of prop guns and blanks. If he was told that shooting the gun at close range would do any type of damage he wouldn't have make that mistake
That’s ironic considering George Clooney’s Dad is the news anchor
@@JustinLodes oh come on you've got to be a complete moron if you have to be told not to put a gun to your head xD
People realized blanks were dangerous.
Cover-up producers were cold hearted. They didn't miss a beat after he died. The show must go on.
+Jody FYI guess what other peoples jobs depended on the show going on.
Strangely enough, Cover Up was created by Glen A. Larson, who also created Alias Smith and Jones, so he must have been traumatised by the deaths of both Hexum and Duel. Larson himself died in November 2014.
That's the reality of Hollywood & life un general.
It got cancelled because Jon was the best part of the show
They even spelt his name wrong at the end of credits when they "memorialized" him.
I remember Jon-Erik Hexum from when I was a kid! I used to see him in his first series called "VOYAGERS",from back in 1982,with Meeno Peluce (brother of
"PUNKY BREWSTER" star Soleil-Moon Frye)
RIP Jon erik Hexum
i LOVED this guy, I was a child. a pre-teen. I watched everything he was in, and my heart contained real love for him. So when it happened, I had never experienced grief before.. shock and grief over a loss.. even though I had never met him. I understood though, that although his characters weren't real.. the man was real, and that his loss was a tremendous loss to his family and friends. I also remember being upset about how he couldn't have done that.. how anything that dangerous could be found on a movie set. I thought movies and their sets were make believe. What's a gun doing there.
35 years ago today R.I.P Jon.😢😢😢
40 years ago this week...
A beautiful man ... 😓
I was 12 when this happened. Had such a crush on him. Loved him on "Cover Up" even if the premise was cheesy. So sad he died so young. The hospital in the video, Beverly Hills Medical Center, no longer exists. It changed hands and is now a Marriott Residence Inn! Not sure I'd ever want to stay there, considering the sheer number of people that died there, including Jon-Erik Hexum.
And yes, that is George Clooney's father, Nick Clooney, doing the news. His sister was singer Rosemary Clooney.
He was a great actor!
Thank you for posting this... although it is very sad to watch.
Had a classmate die from something similar to this. Accidents are pretty tragic sometimes especially when they are done by people who end their own life in a fraction of an instant.
NEVER EVER play with a gun. Ever. Even without blanks. Most accidents are caused by "unloaded" guns. He learned this the hard way. Sad story, but it happens more often than you'd think, although not so much with blanks.
Great job providing this insightful video--- how cable tv news has evolved also.
George Clooney's Dad is the News Castor.
What a tragedy! So Sad! I am still in shock!
Hard to watch, to relive, but Jon-Erik's legacy lives on.
I don't get it: don't the network executives teach actors and actresses anything about gun safety BEFORE they work with them on film? I know this is from 1984, but still, you would think Hollywood would have some kind of training for the actors of action TV shows and movies.
Thanks for uploading.. The years go by fast, but his short career in show biz did last.. He is missed to this very day, 28 years after his death... He was one of the greats.
thank you so much for this....I always wanted to know the full story...
1:17 -- 1:18 _"I can't put myself into his head...."_
Um, bad choice of words, methinks.
Loved hexum. Fell in love with the voyager show. He was phenominal actor.. Very sad :(
I totally watched this show. LOVED it. Watched him on Voyagers too. That shooting example was terrifying. So sad.
I Remember this ...I was 11 years old...wow...so long ago...RIP
Even if someone is playing with an empty barrel, another one can be killed. That’s what happened to Brandon Lee. RIP.
Happy 52:nd birthday Jon;)
We MISS U!
R.I.P.
I remember that time
So sad my heart was bleeding
berryfail EG Daily was so grief stricken by his tragic death, that she didn't date for 3 years. She's the Blonde sitting on the right, right outside of the Operating room at 1:38.
+berryfail me too. I loved that silly little tv show Voyager!
Remember that happened to Brandon Lee in 1993 quite the same situation
Yes, sad.
Hexum died from the force of the charge. Lee died from a projectile.
Not even close to the same situation. I will try to explain in simple terms. Jon-Erik was the result of a huge wad of bunting that was compacted to fit inside the cartridge that had some gunpowder to give it that OOOMPH! on-screen during gunfights. From several feet away there is little to no damage to a person if they are hit. However, that wad being shot from a .44 magnum, with a literal barrel to skin contact was enough to push fragments of Jon's skull into his brain. Jon survived surgery but was brain dead.
As for Brandon, the props department didn't have any blanks, so some nitwit decided to "manufacture" some. Except he left the tips of the bullets on the "blanks", so when it was shot, it was a real-life bullet that penetrated Brandon's body--and made mincemeat of his internal organs. Brandon died on the OR table.
Both times the fault was with the prop-masters. See, their job is to inspect and secure the weapons. during the break on the TV show, the prop-master allowed Jon to play with the gun when it was supposed to be secured under lock-n-key when they were filming. And on the movie set the prop-master, instead of getting blanks, decided to cut some corners and "invent" some illegal ones.
Not close. Not even similar.
@@katemaloney4296 if I recall, they interviewed the actor who played Fun Boy, he was the 9ne that actually shot Lee. Sad, but youre close to what they explained. There was two mistakes made during two scenes that lead to the accident. The first was dummy bullets with the primers still intact, that was enough to lodge a bullet in the barrel of the gun. The second was a blank being fired in that chamber during a second scene that propelled the bullet the rest of the way out of the barrel. Unbelievable that it could happen but that was the explanation. The actor who played Fun Boy was pretty shook up over it for a long time after the movie was released.
@@katemaloney4296 lmao he's handling and firing a pretend gun while filming a scene but it has to be "secured under lock and key" during the break? Gimme a break this was the 80's people didn't go by that snowflake health and safety nonsense back then. If he can be trusted to handle it while filming he can be trusted to handle it during the break he was a fully grown adult not a child. How was anyone supposed to know the idiot would be stupid enough to fire a blank right into his head? Not everything is someone else's fault. The guy put the gun to his head it's HIS FAULT he died. No one else's.
I was 13 when this happened.I had a huge crush.I cried forever>
I was 7 and I remember the series! Terribly terribly sad! Extremely handsome man!!! He was going to be very big!!! Sooo talented! Awesome voice. We always remember you Jon! 💜
Remember this and was so upset as loved him in cover up.Such a sad ending for a man who was destined to be a great TV/Movie🌟.What a priceless gift at the worst time imaginable to give your loved ones organs to others whose lives will be saved by someone who couldn't be saved.Mr Hexum you are missed.God bless him and his family for helping others when he couldn't be helped anymore.No parent should ever have to bury their child.
And wow he was gorgeous!!
It’s sad that the show he was filming for was called “Close Up”, And he happened to put a gun that he thought had a blank in it, shooting himself in the head accidentally. Almost the same thing happened with the late guitarist Terry Kath from the band Chicago, He didn’t completely empty the barrel because one bullet happened to be left in the chamber, The one bullet that killed him.
I didn't get it at the time. I was only 11. I understood death but I didn't understand that he could just kill himself.
Jon erik hexum forever in my heart. Beautiful angel. ❤😢
All around beautiful man.
'Remember this like it was yesterday. It was very sad. 'Felt sorry for his family and fiance.
I remembered this on the news. I thought, " oh what a gorgeous guy and what a waste of a bright fufure and what a tragedy."
This sent the message to NEVER play with handguns. It's very dangerous!
Awful to think of how he died. At least we can always see him through pictures and videos.
I'm only discovering this 36 years later. I use to be a fan of voyager as a child. Wow very sad even though this was many years ago
My sister got me watching Voyagers b/c of him and later on, Cover Up. She was devastated by the news of this...This guy would've been a great great actor in the years to come had this not happened. James Dean was the same way...imagine if Dean were still alive today...what great movies we would have seen from him. Very sad. :(
George Clooney and his dad look pretty similar.
He used to be one of the on-air hosts on AMC, when they just played old movies, that's what I remember him from and yeah, he is George's dad!
Crazy my friend was his great nephew and looks just like him
Wow, interesting. I hope he does as well as his great Uncle.
Can I have his number? Lol
Amazing that even after this, the accidents of the Crow and the movie with Alec Baldwin still happened. People just don't learn.
No question, this guy had the makings to really go far...too bad, sad story...
I forgot how handsome he was.
Why did he have access to any gun or why was the prop master not around to make sure that no accidents happen?
It sounds like an unsafe workplace.
Just started watching the series VOYAGERS recently, and had no idea until today that he had died as a result of an accident. He appeared to be quite a talented lead actor and no doubt would of had a long career in the movie industry.
Thanks for uploading
Never forgotten
Either the actor shot himself while doing the scene he was directed to do or safety measures were breached. There is evidently something off with the story.
My god George Clooney looks like his dad!
charismatic actor... rest in peace
Voyagers was awesome! RIP young man!
37 years later some thing has also happened very much the same
0:32 - Did this fool really say 'Close-Up'? It's *COVER-UP* ! 🤦🏾♂️
I heard about him for the first time on a show that was talking about what happened on the set of "Rust"
Yes the fallout with Alec Baldwin being charged with involuntary manslaughter made me watch this one from the 1980's and it's crazy how we are repeating history all because the Directors and producers made a bad decision over a gun scene that lead to an on set death.
So sad, but he's a good example of why you should choose to be an organ donor. In his death, he helped and saved the lives of several others.
Not everyone wants to do that. Either for religious or medical reasons. For the most part, I agree with you, though.
I remember this like it was yesterday. I also remember Phil Shuman because I graduated high school with his sister and he actually did a live news bit from our ceremony.
His death doesn't really make much sense, Jon Erik had used guns with blanks before in his previous TV series 'voyagers' - I'm sure he would have been aware of the risk if he fired one into his head - I think that he didn't think that there was any kind of bullet in the gun (he'd just woken up before he shot himself), I don't think he knowingly shot himself with a blank
Do you suspect a "cover up"?
Fun Guy - Not really, I just don't buy that he knew the gun had blanks in it, I think Jon Erik thought the gun was completely empty when he put it against his head and it should have been - someone really messed up leaving a dangerous loaded gun lying around on set like that, I'm sure even back in '84 safety regulations didn't allow that kind of thing
I will never understand why they left that weapon and bullets, whether empty or blanks, with him on the set.
I believe there is more to the story and that's just my opinion
The production of that series was so negligent that the possibility of it being a conspiracy of some kind seems very possible.
I remember this. So sad
Poor him this is so sad :(
He was such a Red blooded man from the old times.... At least he never got ugly ur old....
I remember this and him. Sad tragic end. He was really .......smh.
Thank you.
My brother told me about this but I didn't know that it was blanks.
So I assumed that he committed suicide.
Suicide or murder? "Let's see if I get myself with this one" is an odd thing to say.
Cover Up had only been on the air barely a month when Hexum had his accident. After his death, he was quickly replaced with Tony Hamilton, who began appearing in mid-to-late Nov. 1984. The show was only on for one season in total, which was the sole fault of CBS, who cut back on promoting the show heavily in early 1985. This resulted in a ratings drop-off come springtime. It was an overnight hit with Hexum, and held onto the high ratings with Hamilton under normal promotional volume. Damn CBS!
Fun fact Jon -Erik Hexum is 100% Norwegian! With both a Norwegian dad and mom. And a brother named Gunnar. His dad Thorleif was born in Bergen, Norway in 1920 and immigrated to the US in the 1950s, a few years before Jon-Erik was born. Thorleif tragically died in a car accident in San Francisco in 1990 , he was 70 years old.
Is Dolph Lundgren 100% Norwegian? He is a good looking guy as well.
Maybe he's related to Pelle Ohlin xD
At 1:39, you can tell that that is the one and only E.G. Daily, who was 23 at the time and dating him. She must have been heartbroken. Thankfully she was able to pull it together and still go on to have an amazing career.
I miss News Anchors like Ann Martin who had class and charisma now they all look like strippers.
I remember that I saw the movie "The making of a male model" at the time it was premiered.