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This Guy Would Have Been A Major Star

posted 5 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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Like Brandon Lee, Jon-Erik’s career was too brief but, again, like Lee, it was long enough for everyone to see his star power. He was a rare combination of unbelievable handsome and real likablity. He was magnet and he seemed authentic. My girlfriend and I were big fans of Cover-Up, even with its hokey premise, because Hexum was so good he made us cut the show a lot of slack. That would have been a priceless asset to all the movies he certainly would have gone on to make. His energy was too big to be kept on the small screen. What a loss.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I finally got around to watching Voyagers this week and I agree that he would have gone farther. Even though he was a male model type, he reminded me of James Arness a little bit. If there had been a Gunsmoke remake around that time he would have been an excellent Matt Dillon.

[–] wanton87 (934) 4 years ago

I saw a few episodes of Voyagers, that he starred in with that kid from Best Of The West (Meeno Peluce) and he was pretty good. Agree that he had charisma, and definitely would have gone further. I can remember when his death was front page news, and what a tragedy it was.

[–] BourbonKing (5639) 3 years ago

I think he would have had a good TV career but not a movie one. If he had lived he might have had a shot on something like Melrose Place or even BH 90210 as an adult male squeeze but nothing more

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

What is so sad is that his “self-inflicted” gunshot wound, as the blurb here describes it, was in no way a suicide. There was a gun on the set loaded with blanks. On a break between takes, Jon-Erik was joking around with the crew, put the handgun to his temple and pulled the trigger, thinking it was safe. Blanks are loaded with gun powder, but no bullets. The gunpowder explosion right against his temple blew pieces of his bone into his brain, essentially turning his bone fragments into bullets. God rest his soul.