“He will be sorely missed and always treasured,” Hesseman’s manager says.
“He will be sorely missed and always treasured.”
Hesseman starred as the hippie disc jockey on the CBS sitcom during its four-season run between 1978 and 1982.
Howard Hesseman.Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Hesseman was also a three-timeSaturday Night Livehost.
“Impossible to overstate Howard Hesseman’s influence on his and subsequent generations of improvisors,” McKean wrote.
He was a friend for 50 years."
Howard Hesseman as Johnny Fever in ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’.Courtesy Everett Collection
