Hesseman, who had been a disc jockey during the 1960s, earned two Emmy nominations for playing Dr.
“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.
We’d go years without seeing each other but when we did, he’d hilariously fill me in on the great music, dumb show biz and silly-ass humans he’d encountered.
Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon, on Feb.
Jay Sandrich, who directed the pilot episode of “WKRP,” suggested Hesseman would be great for the Johnny Fever character.
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