Jon-Erik Hexum signed 8 x 10 color photo. There is a COA from Todd Mueller Autographs. In the early 1980s, this ruggedly handsome young American actor of Norwegian parentage was seen as the “next big thing”, and then suddenly he was dead from an accident via a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He reportedly turned down opportunities to appear in such shows as. (1977) and many day time soap operas before finally making his debut in the TV series. (1982) as time traveler Phineas Bogg. He was then cast as hunk Tyler Burnett alongside. (1983) and then as ex-Green Beret Mac Harper in. However, on October 12, 1984 after a long and draining day’s shooting on the set of. (1984), Hexum became bored with the extensive delays and jokingly put a prop. 44 magnum revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger. The gun fired, and the wadding from the blank cartridge shattered his skull, whereupon the mortally injured Hexum was rushed via ambulance to Beverly Hills Medical Center to undergo extensive surgery. Despite five hours of work, the chief surgeon described the damage to Hexum’s brain as life-ending. One week later, on October 18th, he was taken off life support and pronounced dead. However, Hexum’s commitment to organ donation meant five other lives were assisted or saved with organs harvested from him.