Jon-Erik Hexum was a model and actor who burst onto the scene in the early 80's when cast as the male lead on the NBC series Voyagers! The show only lasted one season, but by 1984 Hexum was starring in another series - Cover Up - as former model turned CIA weapons expert. During the taping of that show, Jon-Erik accidentally killed himself while playing with a gun loaded with blanks. He was only 26 years old.
I was only 15 in 1982, but I remember thinking Jon-Erik Hexum was the most gorgeous man in the world when Voyagers! aired. Everything about him was perfect - his eyes, his body - and this young gay boy certainly noticed. I also remember hearing about Hexum's death - and how tragic it was and how upset it made me.
Sadly, we didn't have him around long enough to see him grow older (he would be 53 today). Jon-Erik Hexum will always be as perfectly beautiful as he was in 1984.
