Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on “Head of the Class,” has died.
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 04: Actor Howard Hesseman attends the 11th Annual Comedy Celebration presented by the International Myeloma Foundation at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre on November 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on "Head of the Class," has died. He was 81.
In the first episode, Dr. Johnny Fever announces the station’s changeover from elevator music to rock ’n roll with a record scratch and a proclamation. "I think maybe Johnny smokes a little marijuana, drinks beer and wine, and maybe a little hard liquor," Hesseman told The New York Times in 1979 as he readied for one of three "Saturday Night Live" hosting gigs. "And on one of those hard mornings at the station, he might take what for many years was referred to as a diet pill. But be is a moderate user of soft drugs, specifically marijuana.
"Impossible to overstate Howard Hesseman’s influence on his and subsequent generations of improvisors," said the actor and comedian Michael McKean on Twitter. He recalled first seeing Hesseman in 1971 with The Committee. "I saw that he was the real deal."
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