The Last Jon-Erik Hexum Interview (June 25, 1984)
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- Jon-Erik Hexum (/ˈhɛksəm/; November 5, 1957 - October 18, 1984) was an American actor and model, known for his lead roles in the TV series Voyagers! and Cover Up, and his supporting role as Pat Trammell in the biopic The Bear. He died by an accidental self-inflicted blank cartridge gunshot to the head on the set of Cover Up.
Hexum was born in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1957 to Thorleif Andreas Hexum, a Norwegian immigrant, and Gretha Olivia (Paulsen) Hexum, a Minnesota-born American of Norwegian parentage.[2] He and his elder brother Gunnar were raised in Tenafly by their mother after their parents divorced when Hexum was four.[3]
Hexum guest-starred in a 1984 episode of ABC's primetime drama Hotel, playing Prince Erik, a Prince Charming-type character. That same year Hexum played terminally ill quarterback Pat Trammell, a small role in the feature film The Bear, a tribute to University of Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, played by Gary Busey. The Bear would be Hexum's sole feature film performance, released just three weeks before his death. For the upcoming fall television season, Hexum was cast as Mac Harper, an undercover CIA operative posing as a male model, opposite co-star Jennifer O'Neill in Cover Up.
Death[edit source]
On October 12, 1984, the cast and crew of Cover Up were filming the seventh episode of the series, "Golden Opportunity", on Stage 18 of the 20th Century Fox lot. One of the scenes filmed that day called for Hexum's character to load cartridges into a .44 Magnum handgun, so he was provided with a functional gun and blanks. When the scene did not play as the director wanted it to in the master shot, there was a delay in filming. Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood. He had unloaded all but one (blank) round, spun it, and-simulating Russian roulette-he put the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger, unaware of the danger.[8]
Some blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gunpowder into the cartridge. This wadding is propelled from the barrel of the gun with enough explosive force to cause death or serious injury if the weapon is fired within a few feet of the body, particularly at a vulnerable spot such as the temple or the eye. The paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull. However, the explosive effect of the muzzle blast caused enough blunt force trauma to fracture a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel this into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.[3][9]
Hexum was rushed to Beverly Hills Medical Center, where he underwent five hours of surgery to repair his wounds.[1][9] On October 18, aged 26, six days after the accident, Hexum was declared brain-dead.
With his mother's permission, his body was flown to San Francisco on life support, where his heart was transplanted into a 36-year-old Las Vegas man at California Pacific Medical Center.[10] Hexum's kidneys and corneas were also donated: One cornea went to a 66-year-old man, the other to a young girl. One of the kidney recipients was a critically ill five-year-old boy, and the other was a 43-year-old grandmother of three who had waited eight years for a kidney. Skin that was donated was used to treat a 3+1⁄2-year-old boy with third-degree burns.[11]
Hexum's body was then flown back to Los Angeles. He was cremated at Grandview Crematory in Glendale, California, and a private funeral was held. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean, near Malibu, California, by his mother. He left an estate estimated to be worth $255,000.[7] The death was ruled accidental.[12] His mother later received an out-of-court settlement from 20th Century Fox Television and Glen A. Larson Productions, the production company behind Cover Up.[3]
The episode on which Hexum had been working was broadcast on November 3, 1984, two weeks after his death. Cover Up continued production without Hexum's character. Three weeks later, in the episode "Writer's Block", aired on November 24, Antony Hamilton was introduced as agent Jack Striker, posing as a new member of the modeling team.[13] Hexum's character Mac is noticeably absent, said to be on another mission. At the end of the episode, Henry Towler (Richard Anderson) breaks the news that Mac has been killed on the other assignment and would not be coming back.[14] As the tears flow, the camera pans back, and a memoriam written by Glen Larson appears on-screen:
When a star dies, its light continues to shine
across the universe for millenniums [sic].
John Eric [sic] Hexum died in October of this year ... but the lives he touched will continue to be brightened by his light
... forever ... and ever.
![Jon-Erik Hexum • Interview ("Cover Up"/Singing/Modeling) • 1984 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0SuJn4-9ZlA/mqdefault.jpg)
Not only incredibly handsome but such a thoughtful young man. Tragic we lost him too soon.
The most beautiful actor ever.
And a very manly voice to go with it!
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i think i can agree with this. not even don johnson comes close and he was for me the most attractive. hexum just dusts them all. and i'm not even particularly into blonds !!! i'm more into darker features !
That is Joe Dallesandro. ;)
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@PEDFER-l4v ✨️🎉 never heard of Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro lll, so I searched him on RUclips.. Looked at three videos; I see that for Joe's youth, he was admired as a sex symbol and an Andy Warhol superstar (1968 - 1974) last known project, Babylon 2022.. However, Joe D'Allesandro as a beautiful actor? Nope, not even close
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His voice! They don't have voices like this anymore.
What a tragic sad waste of an incredible human being. Intelligent handsome articulate. I remember his passing and can't believe it's been 40 years ! JEH could have achieved so much ! R.I.P. ❤🙏
He would have been so big in movies if he was alive. Such a talented actor
such a handsome man with a hypnotic voice... he passed to soon
What a voice.
Beautiful 💯 ❤ he was and 🤗 humble 👌 that makes him even more handsome 😍 RIP❤
Incredible voice.
So many assets.
Jon has such a great audiobook voice
Or Narrator
With AI nowadays, one could make a dataset and have Jon talk them to sleep :)
What an intelligent, well-spoken man he was, as well as being thoughtful in his answers and explanations. Much more than a “pretty face”, although it’s true he was uncommonly goodlooking. That deep melodious voice added to his interviews and, of course, was a boon to his performances. Yet, he was very genuine from what I’ve read about him.
Yet, he died in absolutely stupid way by his own idiotic doing.
@@_sneer_ You’re entitled to your opinion, Mr. Sneer. But I think you have me confused with someone who gives a damn.
@@lorelei929 it is not an opinion, it's a fact. It was a self inflicted, completely idiotic accident. Look it up yourself if you hadn't already. Worthy of a darwin award.
@@_sneer_ I know how he died. He didn’t understand how prop guns worked, obviously. And the prop gun shouldn’t have been there. So more than one person made an error in judgment that day. That makes him ignorant of the facts. He made a mistake. He paid with his life. It must be wonderful to be perfect. Evidently you have never made a foolish, impulsive move in your entire life that you regret and can “sneer” at other people who do.
@@lorelei929 it was a fully functional .44 magnum with blanks. One of the most powerful handguns ever, capable of one shooting a grizzly. It is of considerable size and weight, can be intimidating. Blanks produce substantial muzzle flash.
Now, let me ask you a question: would you load a massive, fully functional gun with one blank, spin the cylinder, put it to your head and pull the trigger?
i'm glad people are remembering this guy and others are now knowing about him. He was one year younger than I am and he was born not very far across the Hudson River from where I was born in New York State. We thought of him as a "local guy" because he was from the NYC metropolitan area .
You didn't have to be a woman to be jolted by his death. I remember my buddies and I at work being astounded when he died from that accident because it drove home how life can be taken away in an instant, even if you are very young. Had he lived and had the number of people who saw how smart he was grow in numbers, he would have been a role model for any guy who wanted to succeed and yet remain humble.
He did not realize there was still one blank in the gun. This is why you never point even an "unloaded" gun at anyone, including yourself, as a joke. There is always a chance that it's loaded. But, let's face it, the guy was still a kid. He may not even have known that a blank can kill you.
Just a terrible accident that frankly, could happen to anyone who looses his/her awareness of risk, even for a split second. We are all imperfect humans and sometimes that fact "gets us"!
I recorded the last episode of Cover Up and bawled like a baby when it aired. Me and my teenage gay crush. ❤
And the early 1980s .. not a great time to come out of the closet.
So ironic that he would speak of “leaving something behind” and having played “these incredibly tragic characters who were not allowed to be all they wanted to be” and all those things could be said of his brief life. Hard to believe he would be gone in just a few short months. He showed great depth in this interview. You can tell he was a very intelligent person and had a curiosity about life that was apparent. He really was too good for this world.
And this voice! Quite remarkable.
Oh the irony. Retard.
MR. X FACTOR FOREVER!
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Annoying watermark
So handsome he was. There is nobody like him.
I was only a few months old when he died. He was a very beautiful man with a sexy voice. I just watched Making a Male Model last night for the first time.
He was dating singer/actress E.G Daily at the time of his passing. She has said in interviews she went to visit him that day during a lunchbreak. She was grateful she got those moments with him because just a few hours later he was gone
She has a fun TikTok account about her work as a voiceover artist
My man started the buzz cut trend before it was even a thing
The haircut was for the movie he was shooting, and it was "a thing" long before Hexum did it. It was a common hairstyle among football players of the era.
@michele0076 Yes, I know. But it wasn't quite as pithy.
What an inelligent,articulate man. "I seem to have horrible luck!" He was a "tragic hero" Miss ya Phineas.
This beautiful human was on his way to be a big star. So sad that his life was cut short.
_The camera, and the world loved this young man. He had the 'lightning in a bottle' effect. His death was such a tragedy. Rest in peace Jon-Eric._
He was photogenic....... is that what you're saying?
@@JackMason-oq8lf yes, and not just his looks.
How the genes came together to create such a beautiful man. Would love to see what his parents looked like.
Damn..... 40 years ago already.
God.... He was lovely inside and out
Loved him
What a tragic loss for all
RIP
Regards from South Africa
Andrew
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I’m so happy he got to play THIS part in THIS movie! I’m a Bama fan born, bred and grad! Jon-Eric was the perfect choice to play Pat and to do his part in showing the world who Bear was. ❤
I wasn't aware of this man until the other day. Fantastic voice! Very reminiscent of Lee Marvin.
he has such a deep voice .
It’s a shame Hexum’s face is obscured by your trademark. But still a good interview.
bit bizarre honestly. why bother trademarking a 40 year old video of an unfortunately obscure late actor?
I don’t think it’s his trade mark, this footage was found by an archive business and the guy just downloaded the footage and uploaded it to RUclips
Usually it cost hundreds if not thousands for old archive rare footage especially of people who have died to be bought as a original copy without the trade mark
So articulate!❤
PROBABLY IN THOSE DAYS THE MOST GORGEOUS MAN ON EARTH. MAYBE EVEN TODAY. RIP JON-ERIK HEXUM.
RIP... simply a dream, friend for all times !!!
He was the Henry Cavill of the 80's only way better looking
¨only way better looking¨ what do you mean Henry Cavill is not more beautiful than Hexum!
@@Gregorio2494 that's what the person is saying. That Henry cavill isn't as good looking, not that I agree but yeah
Why be petty and compare? They are both good looking mean but very different.
Not way better looking imo but definitely better looking than henry probably most handsome man of all time along with hernan drago
Naaaa cavill no tiene la facha de este tipo
I didn't know how articulate and intelligent he was, so mature for one so young.
Probably one of the handsome me man ever to be in Hollywood.
His voice. So sad. What a loss.
Jon would have been proud of Elizabeth Daily's career today.
I have just this gorgeous guy .
Everything is so perfect out of this world.
His dad came from Bergen Norway I come from Bergen Holland .
I can' 't get him out of my head
anymore it's hard to imaginaire he died 39 years ago!
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So it is a possibility that Jon Erik's sausage might not have been cut if his dad was from Norway.
So since you're from Holland, you must have a nice long sausage that is not cut?
I didn't realize until just now that this was only released 2 weeks ago (!). Bit weird but welcome...
Hexum was truly one of a kind. He wasn't the popular kid in school, he looked like any old guy in college with ratty hair and a moustache. Then out of nowhere he bursts onto the scene as possibly both the most UNIQUE and ATTRACTIVE man to be seen in modern film history. It's undoubtable that almost any woman but the most snotty would fall for him, and any man anywhere in America would come to respect him - if not for his masculine frame and voice, then his humility and easy going personality. Intelligent, but not arrogant. brawny, but not a meathead. Beautiful, but humble.
Someone who is still remembered fondly despite his ignoble death 40 years ago, and would wow anyone today even despite the aged photos and ancient style. Hope he went to the afterlife he deserved.
looked like any old guy in college? What you just said shows how delusional you are. He has perfect facial ratios, harmony, features, bone structure. One in a 5 billion he is. You are sub consciously mixing his personality with his looks ( his personality is still very nice). Very retarded post🤣
Before he died I waited for those few episodes of Cover Up and I wanted to be him. I still do if he’d lived.
Yes the ill 🤒 fated actor....what a bad ending..a very good heart ❤️ guy...way too soon gone..may he rest in peace.
Good hearted such a good phrase for him.
This dude is unreal, and was definitely too good for Hollywood or this world. Seems like a super smart guy, which makes no sense how he played with a gun and caused his own demise. So strange.
They killed him..because he was going to quit the show..and covered up the act of murder....
The Hollywood warlocks put him down, because they couldn’t control him not to mention the jealousy of his peers.
“super smart”
No. But he’s polished and well-spoken. He was born in a different era when people were taught to speak correctly and carried themselves with far more grace. You’re used to the exact opposite, where all the street slang dominates young people and they dress like slobs and don’t care about carrying themselves with class.
Really liked his hair like this.
yes !
A very fine interview and a very fine young man. And I so enjoyed the watermark...
A guy who is a real man, not some woose like some guys these days. Too many girlie guys today.
It's funny how his haircut is much more fashionable today compared to the feathery hair that was so common in the '80's.
Hombre bello,amor platónico,Dios lo tenga en su gloria ❤❤❤❤
Ugh! His voice was 🫠🫠🫠
Soo beautiful man😍😍😍
He had such a bright bright future... such a waste!
Very rare, thanks!
Great interview
Gone too soon, great actor and seemed to be a good guy ♥️🙏🏼✝️
The date there is just the air date. This interview was filmed around late 1983, very early 1984 when The Bear was being filmed.
Beautiful Beautiful man
The last interview with Hexum was on September 6th,1984 on The Merv Griffin Show actually. It's on RUclips too.
Thanks for sharing.
Top! Comment il est mort: avec une balle à blanc dans la tête… pour jouer!!! Il n a pas réfléchi au danger!!! Il est plus beau et charismatique que tous les autres dont on nous a farcis! Que c’est triste !!! C est un trésor cet interview!! Et on voit qu il aime bien rire, qu il essaye d avoir l air sérieux: il était vraiment brave!!!
He was before my time never heard of him until today he had a great voice too
Watch him in an old movie called “ the making of a male model”. He is so hot.
Man was blessed in every aspect of life looks, voice, talent full package ngl unmoggable him and boomer. Anyone who say hernan drago he is a psl god but the harmony imo not as good as the other two. Hexum had the perfect mix between fem and mascu face. Drago is jus masc
Real, Hexum mogs all
Drago is "dirty looking" as in smarmy.
Mislim da je nečija zavist tu odigrala glavnu ulogu i došla glave ovom divnom dečku !
You are wrong. He did different interviews going into September of 1984 so this isn’t the last interview
this is why i remain single. too few men represent this level of masculinity, and i won't settle for anything less. it's not necessary to be this fine cuz basically no one is, but the manliness is as rare as platinum.
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@@callmeonkeshiasphoneeyeroll back at ya
@@theethinethou it was never directed to you so be a lady and submit
Que hombre tan hermoso, con esa piel dorada, ojos calipsos, cuerpo y pelo de marine...Es mas hermoso que Brad Pitt definitivamente y con una voz stereo masculina increíble, era la perfección hecha hombre 🤩🤩🤩
I have this feeling he was murdered like he knew too much when he was sleeping on a set pause time.tgis man is and was a intelligent role model inspiration a guide so special I'm so sorry his presence to our earth 🌎 is a gift learned from him
I think the samething!
if only he knew he would pass away 4 months later 😔
Get rid of the watermark and repost, please!
What a huge loss,
JEH was an utter god on earth. But this was certainly not his "last interview!" He did others for his then-new series "Cover Up" prior to his untimely demise.
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Lose the watermark. It distracts from the video.
Kinda looks like Tom Brady mixed with Brad Pitt
You mean liam hemsworth and brad pitt
@@Sarah-ts1jhTom Brady and Brad Pitt.
No to all the comparisons. Try James Dean and Marlon Brando.
8luvbug, I can’t even find your comment to reply to you. Bizarre.
In four months he’s dead.
Actually, that's the air date. He filmed this more like 10-11 months before his death.
@@WelshKnight1066 Right. In four months from that date he’s dead 💀
When ppl use to be articulate now tv interviews on tv are so boring
His mannerisms remind me of Tom Brady
Me to Henry Cavill!
He used to be a football player
Such a tragic waste-
Died in TV Show Gun in 1984
Sexier version of Henry Cavill
I've done some research! Have seen evidence read on He was murdered! What was found in his brain ( shot into ) said to have come from his gun game on reality after research from a different type of gun ! I bet he was sleeping napping in between pauses on a long exhausting set day from what I heard those were long long set times he was frustrated about ! And a person shot him making him look like he did ,trying to make him look like a dumb actor bot the smart college graduate who majored in philo started out in biomedical science ! He wasn't that stupid and very understanding,learned about guns blanks ,he knew what a blank shot into head can do and that's gonna shoot out ,cause damage even if he didn't think death ! He's filming at the time ! He wasn't suicidal or self destructive! Think about the facts .a good man precious life to take that person did! A former cool radio dj he was also. I want to add I think probably a gay man (closeted )did this who had come on to him.been told his advance was unwanted.fact is at that time entertainment biz had a lot of gay pedofiles and males in the biz.. I was born in Hollywood.honor jon Erik hexums memory legacy .. 😢
Sounds very plausible!
@@xsamitt Hexum wasn't gay. But the man that Replaced him in Cover up was.
@@Tornado1994 Really?
@@HowieHoward-ti3dx Yes. Anthony Hamilton. He died of AIDS in 1995.
@@Tornado1994 Sad. Thanks for the info.
Wait, so homeboy was interviewed after he died?
this was in june . he died in October
Yes he defied death and returned from the grave just for this interview
What?
Mr. Natural Selection
He died at his own handsome there’s that…
@@beyourself2444 No sense in your comment.