Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hesseman's manager Robbie Kass confirmed the news to EW, calling his lifelong friend and longtime client a "groundbreaking talent.

Howard Hesseman, who played off-the-wall disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the 1970s sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Saturday. He was 81. Hesseman died in Los Angeles of complications from colon ...

LOS ANGELES - Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on "Head of the Class," has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on “Head of the Class,” has died.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Howard Hesseman, who made a career out of portraying off-the-wall characters, none more popular than the disc jockey Johnny Fever ...

Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati" and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on “Head of the Class,” has died. He was ...