Cynthetiq

I remember being amazed when I first saw MTV for the first time in San Francisco. I grew up in LA and there wasn't any cable TV until the mid80s. I never thought in a million years that when I grew up that I would find myself working for MTV, let alone making it a cornerstone of my career. I count my blessings first for the opportunity, and second because I'm still upright and vertical.
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Averett

That's too bad. He seemed like a genuine person from what I saw on TV.

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Midnight_Son

I was raised by JJ, this is really sad

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World's King

Exactly. I'm only 15 days older then MTV. We grew up together. I like to think I turned out better but we are still brothers.

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Cynthetiq

there's a picture that some old timers have in their offices of two young boys together one has VH1 on his back pocket and the other has MTV. The caption at the bottom relates to some sort of brotherhood.

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God of Thunder

Triple J was the coolest of the original "VJ"s (Of course Martha was the cutest).

He was the one who interviewed KISS when they "unmasked" I have that clip stored on my hard drive somewhere.

Like the Original King said, I grew up with MTV. There is now a huge hole in my heart.

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water_boy1999

Man, that is so sad. He has given many of usw who grew up with him some very fond memories. It is truly sad to see JJ gone, yet, he is certainly not forgotten.

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Craven Morehead

This morning on the radio I heard something about J J that I didn't know. In the 60's he had a hit song, But Its Alright. A very good R&B 60s hit - high energy.

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/j-j-jacks...s-alright.html

bernadette

62 is too young...
my mom had a quadruple bypass in 1997. she's doing well. she'll be 67 in april.
darn it. farewell JJ.

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Hrothgar

too bad but I didn't realize he was 62. Damn my dad could've been a Mtv vj... if he was cool.

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