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Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies at 81

Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies at 81

BY MIKE BARNES | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #EntertainmentThe two-time Emmy nominee and improv veteran also played teacher Charlie Moore on 'Head of the Class.'Howard Hesseman, who made a career out of portraying off-the-wall characters, none more popular than the disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. He was 81.Hesseman died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles of complications from colon surgery he first had last summer, his wife, actress and acting teacher Caroline Ducrocq, told The Hollywood Reporter.A member of the San Francisco improv group The Committee and a real-life DJ back in…
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