Jon Erik-Hexum

He certainly has the looks but was he good? Did he have talent? I've never seen any of his moves.

You know Joan let him shoot it anywhere

The stage where he accidently shot himself is the same stage used for the apartment set on "New Girl"

With girlfriend Elizabeth Daily

I remember as a kid the stupid show he was on did a tribute to him after he died. In the photo they put on screen they spelled his name wrong (John instead of Jon) while Richard Anderson from Six Million Dollar Man read a tribute.

Last night Alec Baldwin's wikipedia page was linking to Hexum's.

Many people must have been looking it up.

Fuck you in the ass Baldwin!

He didn't make any movies r1. Did 2 short lived Tv shows and a TV movie about models that sounds like trash (Joan Collins is in it.)

Let's all sit around and read closed threads from 2009!

Another sad lonely Friday night for the DataLounge in-house Gal Friday at R9 R10 R11 R12 R14 R16

Cover Up

R16 thanks for keeping this thread at the top

[quote] Let's all sit around and read closed threads from 2009!

50 old John Eric Hexum threads (all with few replies) and Muriel only left one open. Go figure . . .

Interesting how both male leads from Cover Up are now long dead.

R20 this only makes sense to you

Bone Structure

Grease is the word

Khaki is always in season

I'm cumming....

Some days a track suit is just what the doctor ordered

[quote] [R20] this only makes sense to you

Muriel closing duplicate threads only makes sense to me?

R28 yes

How many Madonna threads were started just today weirdly bitter and lazy queen at R28

"Jack" Hexum

Fun fact, gf Elizabeth Daily was later married to Rick Salomon, star of One Night in Paris.

He was so gorgeous he didn’t need to be good. He might’ve gotten better though, and we’ll never know.

Luckily, there are talented actors who are just as gorgeous.

Making of a Male Model

He was hawwwtt!

^ Weel YASS Mary!

My panties are soaking wet.

He will be referenced a lot in the Alec Baldwin situation

[quote] Let's all sit around and read closed threads from 2009!

Exactly, it’s a new decade boys, move on.

This thread is hilarious

You know these two fucked after this photo session

Legs between legs

Just Do Me

^^^

He was so gorgeous. I used to beg my mom to let me watch Cover Up. I think she knew I had a huge crush because I still remember her telling me that he had accidentally killed himself and she gave me a big hug.

The people who knew him when he was young must have been shocked to see him turn into a beefy male model, a real life evolution from Clark Kent to Superman.

He looks so geeky in every photo for the first three minutes of the video at R31 that he's unrecognizable

Tragic he died in vain.

He must not have been the smartest tool in the shed. He put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger himself?

It's unclear exactly what happened since he put the prop gun to his head as a joke, but apparently and illogically, there were no witnesses

Jerk-off material for the 80s teenager who is gay but trying to be straight

He didn't know that blanks fire a wad of paper with enough force to cause a blood clot on the brain. EG Daily had two good pop-rock albums and tons of soundtrack songs but somehow never got traction more than cult following. She also acted a lot in film & TV, currently an in demand voice actor. She wrote a decent ballad while in the hospital waiting for a determination on Jon Erik's condition it's called Just for You, on her first album.

George Clooney's Dad reporting Hexum's death in 1984

He was the subject of more of my jerk off sessions as a teenager, than any man to this day.

so sexy

R53 It was more than a blood clot. The paper wadding drove a half dollar size chunk of his skull deep into his brain. The bone not the paper acted like a bullet. A geyser of blood spurted . Hexum lost 4 pints on the five minute trip to the hospital. The doctors said if he had only held the gun a few inches from his head the paper wadding would not have had enough force to fracture the bone.. But tragically Hexum pressed the barrel right up against his temple.

Jon Erik-Hexum , the only DL appreciation thread that will appear every time someone is killed on set with a prop gun.

This will also release an avalanche of prick responses like R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14

R55 have you seen my ass?

The Elizabeth Daly GF seems like a bearding situation. They just seem like an odd couple.

R60 they lived together in Burbank

I know I’m talking HERESY here on datalounge but I never found him appealing AT ALL.

^ DIE IN A GREASE FIRE

R62 There are straight dudes on DL. Who knew?

I much preferred his replacement in Cover Up, Antony Hamilton, who was quite the insatiable bottom from stories that used to circulate on DL.

Let’s face it he was gorgeous. It would’ve been interesting to see how he aged

I don't think his career would've lasted. Not very talented. Probably would've ended up those low budget cinamax/showtime softcore porn movies before retiring and moving into something like real estate.

R62 BANNED!!!!!

I'm not into armpits at all, but this poster was the first time I couldn't deny that I was attracted to men

I love armpits.

While I don't think he would have gotten an Oscar, Jon-Erik would have had a decent and long-running career on TV, mostly nighttime soaps and Lifetime/WE-type movies. These days, he'd in every other Hallmark channel movie as someone's father. He'd also probably have a few 90s gay movies (like Broken Hearts Club) in his filmography.

R62 The obvious nosejob is such a turn off. R71 Would he have come out of the closet?

He would have worked a lot in TV and easily transitioned into Daddy roles.

Since he was not shy about showing his body, would likely have had some good frontal shots and a bunch of bare ass scenes by now

Any guy you see with bone structure like R23 nowadays looks like an embalmed zombie from Beverly Hills with jacked up too-dark eyebrows and cheekbone filler that could cut glass

R23 This guy was not born with that bone structure either, a good plastic surgeon gave it to him.

His real face was cute but nothing special.

He was the first male cheerleader at Tenafly High!

And we all know what that means........MARY!

R77 Miss thing was a bottom.

And he considered a career as a figure skater. Male cheerleader + figure skating = smoking gun. He was a 'mo.

I own this thread

R80 Present hole!

Big dicked?

Who has had him? Surely there must be somebody on DL that can spill the tea.

So he was smart, beautiful and had an incredible voice. I’m guessing he would’ve had a lucrative career as a game show host.

His voice was pure sex.

He didn't live above his means, that's for sure.

Jennifer O’Neill his costar on Cover Up was also gorgeous. She’s been married nine times to eight different men. Wonder if she’ll make double figures?

My boyfriend at the time hosted a small gathering to watch his TV movie with Joan Collins - Jon Erik met EG Daily after seeing her in a play about wrestling called Teaneck Tanzi, Debbie Harry starred in the NYC production. Debbie also sang the original version of Mind Over Matter but something about her record contract or publishing - they couldn't release it, so they hired EG Daily to sing it instead. I prefer E G's version, it was a modest club hit.

I can't get over that slide show of his teenage and college years at r31, where bad1970s hairstyling and wardrobe made him look like an ordinary douche bag type, nothing special. The heavy bangs were really unflattering!

But I don't think there was any plastic surgery, just a loss of baby fat in the face to reveal spectacular cheekbones, a decent hair cut and some serious time at the gym. He really didn't grow into his looks until he moved to Hollywood where he only needed a minimum of styling to make all the difference. I wonder who recognized the potential underneath and took him under care and guided him to his new look?

R88 I don’t know what to tell you if you can’t spot the nose job.

What r88 said, plus the good nose job.

By all accounts Hexum was a workaholic and like most Scandinavians ( Norwegian decent) he was frugal (cheap). His mother was his secretary and he drove a 20 year old jalopy. Bought a 50's track home in NoHo with two roomates, a male and a female. He wanted to save his cash for his production company. He wanted to produce and direct ( don't they all) He registered as a Republican and was a Regan voter. His intense work ethic contributed to his death. He was pissed at the delays setting up the last shot. He was anxious to wrap because he was flying to LV that nite to rehearse a trapeze act for Circus of the Stars . When AD announced another delay he groaned and said in joking frustration "I'm gonna kill myself!" Bang! He did.

^ To die for Circus of the Stars.

Side note: his replacement in Cover Up, Anthony Hamilton, stars in a campy vampire flick called Nocturna.

R91 He probably had some hot dick he was looking forward to gobbling and riding in Vegas.

R57 That is not the "death scene" It is a scene from Hexum final episode of Cover Up( The Golden Hour) This is the last released footage from the fatal scene. He had fallen a sleep waiting for the lighting to be completed. He shot himself while sitting on this bed and fell back onto the teal sheets. The studio used all the footage they had of Hexum Then did a back shot of an extra in a phone booth telling Jennifer O'Neill his character was leaving. BTW Hexum thought O'Neil was a bitch diva and disliked working with her. In fact he hated the whole Cover Up show.

^ Teal sheets.. tres 80's

R81 Spank me

Beyond handsome guy. He was actually a book smart nerd in real life. RIP.

I watched the slide show again and I still insist he did not get a nose job. The change was simply a combo of the loss of baby fat and probably a severely healthy change of diet that toned him from head to toe. Look at the photos of him in Pippin, which are some of the clearest - same nose.

Well he was no me.

Listening him DJ I never knew any high school boys that had that VOICE.

R 99 I for sure had a nose job

R102 I don’t know why that guy thinks weight loss makes your nose thinner as well.

R100 Nose job won't cut it. Suggest a head transplant.

Guys didn't fuck up their faces then like they do today

^ Kiss my plump as a 25yo's arse.

If he were alive today he might have been a trumptard/ right winger , oh well.

Hexum did not age well.

Mysteries & Scandals

If that's a nose job, I want the name of his doctor!

[quote] R62] There are straight dudes on DL. Who knew?

Not in this universe. That’s fuck’n impossible.

^ Any dude who didn't want to fuck JEH is obviously straight see R62

He's got a decent wikifeet page

His legs look too skinny.

Who jokes around playing Russian Roulette with a prop gun in front of no one?

So there were no eyewitnesses? Because I thought someone said his last words were "let's see if this one gets me."

I believe his last words were, "Let's see if there's one in here for me."

I guess there was..

An incredibly sexy man...

Geeky guy into beefy guy is a good evolution because they are down-to-earth and don't have years of having their egos fueled

He was hot, but a fucking idiot.

Nobody ever hired him for his brains, r119.

^ No one hired you for your looks hon.

R116 The studio keep changing their story. At first they said Hexum was alone sleeping in a bed off set. They heard the gunshot and ran in to find him bleeding on the bed.Then when his mother filled a law suit suddenly they had produced "eyewitness" saying he was playing Russian roulette and quoting his last words "wonder if they've got one for me". All very dubious. His mother was awarded $ 2 million for negligence from 20th Century Fox Studios. Sadly she died just two years after her son. His brother survived them. He is a noted surgeon who arranged Hexum's organ donations.

^ Sure there was a huge demand for his organ.

He was a classic spank bank hero

Hmm VERY suspicious R122. I also don't think he's as dumb as people claim. Apparently a huge nerd, brother is a surgeon, sounds like he came from a brainy family.

It's impressive that he made the football team while already a student at a Big Ten school, Michigan State, with zero prior football experience

There was probably one witness - likely the prop person who gave him the gun - who didn't want to be involved or considered a suspect so they denied being there.

Two witnesses would be harder to "Cover Up" the story all this time

^ No the propmaster/armoire was not on set he had actually gone home!. The gun (guns) were just left on the nite stand next to the bed Hexum was napping on. When he woke up groggy and angry they were with in easy reach.

R125 Fyi Hexum's brother is not a surgeon. His name is Gunnar and lives in New England. Owned a cafe and ran for office. Very private. Allegedly did not have best relationship with Jon-Erik. This was him 11 years ago. Same blue eyes!

Hey buddy can I borrow a quarter?

Yes I'm sure the propmaster normally just left guns loaded with blanks around set before he went home

Can someone please explain to me how Jon Erik's older brother Gunnar has the exact same nose AFTER the supposed nose job?

R131 Why do you think Hexum's mother was awarded $2 million. Nitwit.

His girlfriend said Jon loved life and was probably sleepy and disgruntled about shooting that day . He did not know that a blank directed close range on temple would destroy his brain .

R126 He was a walk on that never played , he probably sucked off the coach.

Even though I think he was the hottest guy ever, I think it wasn't too bright to put ANY kind of weapon to your head and pull the trigger.

^ Human beings make bad situational choices. Especially split decisions when you are tired, half awake and pissed off.

"Cover Up" Propmaster:

1.) Left guns loaded with blanks strewn randomly around the set

2.) One of the guns ultimately kills the lead actor of the series

3.) Allegedly, at home by 5:15pm (WTF?)

CONCLUSION: WORST PROPMASTER EVER!

R137 I've been all of those things many times. I've never considered putting a gun to my head, hanging out of a window, or anything similarly stupid

Supoosedly he had some sort of advanced degree in the sciences from Case Western.

R133 Dying on the Fox lot maybe, dumbass

I imagine that when you looked like Jon Erik Hexum and had the whole world throwing good things at you and you felt like you'd live forever, you begin to feel invincible and become very careless about everything.

R139 No one would care if you did Karen.

R142 I imagine you look like this

Tawny Little giving Jon her best lowered face, doe-eyed, "I'm wet....down there" look

That voice!!!!!!

(swoon)

This photographer had ideas

Name anyone more classically handsome than Hexum. I can’t really think of anyone, but I would love to see suggestions.

Ted McGinley is close.

Henry Cavill has always reminded me of Hexum. And I'd even say he's equal in looks.

There have been many good looking actors. It was his voice that set him apart.

He probably would have made good money in animation and the voice of major bluechip American brands

R150 Drunk Hank is a bland block of wood compared to JEH.

I normally don't re-watch versatile porn scenes, but he would be hot to watch fucking and getting fucked

He would’ve been a great host for Jeopardy.

^ Thinks Timmy Chalamet is a man.

R145, he was hotter than hot

There should Not have been a prop gone loose on the set. It was such a stupid tragic accident

^^^ TELL me about it!!!!

What r156? I don’t follow.

Emma Samms enjoyed loving insertive anal with Jon

Laser Beams

First off, he wasn't gay. I have posted in the past, but I don't know where.

I met a crew guy from one of his shows, in the mid 90s, who was his friend in the 80s, around the time he died, and he talked about how they would go out together to bars to meet girls and how his new "recognition" from one the shows he was on, elevated their pussy hunt!

He did point out that Hexum was really down to earth and not caught up in the Hollywood lifestyle. He liked old cars and he wanted to be a singer and was good at playing the guitar, something they had in common. I think they were working in Hawaii(?) when they became friends. But for the star of a TV show to befriend one of the crew, the way he did, shows he was down-to-earth.

This guy said he slept on Hexum's couch when they came back to L.A. and he considered him his "best friend".

At the time I met Hexum's friend, he was still deeply wounded by the death of his friend.

^ No one said he was gay. Jack Hexum was a young good looking guy who left the sticks of Michigan and in less than a year landing a staring role on a TV show.

Jack was into BDSM

Jon was so good-looking that he would have been propositioned by ultra-promiscuous "straight" guys like Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Don Johnson and Hugh Hefner

^^Are you saying those men are bi?

I find that his overbite gives him a most simian appearance.

Don Johnson is obviously bi and Hugh Hefner said he had sex with men

One of Hefner's girlfriends said he watched gay porn regularly

I don't know him.

Is that Bill Murray with Don Johnson?

R172 Sal Mineo

Hot!

Pure Sex

That’s not very flattering of her. He looks great.

R168 He had veneers which made it more pronounced.

Veneers are standard. He had a great smile.

He would have aged well and would have looked good with a Dad bod

he was good at sly comedy; Voyagers! was a kids show about action and adventure and history but every now and then Hexum got in a laugh.

Jeff to Bogg: Bogg, this is Charles Dickens.

Bogg to Charles: Hello.

Jeff takes Bogg aside.

Jeff: This is [italic] THE [/italic] Charles Dickens.

Bogg; Yeah, well, I said hello?

What becomes a Legend most?

Such a shame he never got a chance to share his nude willy and ass with the world. Its a travesty there isn't even one nude shot.

R175 r176 that’s Heather Thomas. She and Heather Locklear started in television at about the same time on hit ABC shows (The Fall Guy and TJ Hooker/Dynasty) and were frequently mistaken for one another in the early 80s. Locklear was more of a wholesome sexy while Thomas was a slutty sexy, complete with a bestselling poster. Locklear’s career expanded: she was dependable and professional. But Thomas had a very public and messy cocaine addiction which derailed her television career. She later married the founder of Cocaine Anonymous.

R163, I feel for your friend.

I only know JEH as Bogg -- the rouge time-traveling swashbuckler who took an orphaned kid across the centuries as they fixed history.

Bogg couldn't have loved the kid if he were his own. But to have known the man who brought that part to life and then to lose him?

Tragic.

He would have kicked Will Smith's ass

I got stuck growing up; dad died when I was young so when sexuality kicked in, I never wanted a boyfriend, I wanted a big brother or dad.

It's all so fucked up.

That said, shows like Rifleman ('Mark!' 'Paw! Paw!') and Voyagers! with the Bogg/Jeff dynamic are like porn for me.