In the early 1980s, this ruggedly handsome young man 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. Hexum was born and raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he was a musically gifted student at school playing both the horn & the violin in the school ...
Case Western Reserve University, Tenafly High School
Nationality
American
Parents
Thorleif Hexum, Gretha Hexum
Siblings
Gunnar Hexum
Movies
Making of a Male Model, The Bear, Cover Up
TV Shows
Cover Up, Voyagers!
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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I had to work very hard to break into this business and now there's even more work to be done. Fortunately, I've got a team of people to help me. I can concentrate on being a better actor. That's my number one priority. I'm fairly confident about what I do and I'm just doing the best I can.
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I feel it is a great fortune to have some passion in life and an urgency in direction; it makes our whole being so much fuller.
3
One of my strongest traits is confidence; at times I'm amazed at my confidence, even when it doesn't make sense that I should be.
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Fact
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In 1988, dedicated fans of Jon-Erik Hexum started a Star Trek-based fan club named in his honor. The USS Hexum is based in suburban St. Louis (Belleville, IL) and continues to this day.
2
First cousin of New Orleans television anchorman Eric Paulsen.
3
Best friends with Lennon the Photographer who shared a Motor Home with Jon-Erik on the Fox Lot at the time of his death. Lennon was his personal Photographer and the only person Jon-Erik allowed to photograph him in the last few years of his life. Lennon was waiting at his Bel Air residence for Jon-Erik to come and pick him up for dinner, when the phone rang and he heard of the "accident". Lennon was also the specialty photographer and technical advisor on Cover Up.
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Began acting in second grade in elementary school.
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