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Jay Thomas

1948 - 2017

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Jon "Jay" Thomas Terrell (July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. He was heard in New York from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in Los Angeles beginning in 1986 on KPWR "Power 106", where he hosted the station's top-rated morning show until 1993. His notable television work included his co-starring role as Remo DaVinci on Mork & Mindy (1979–1981), the recurring role of Eddie LeBec, a Boston Bruins goalie on the downside of his career, on Cheers (1987–1989), the lead character of newspaper columnist Jack Stein on Love & War (1992–1995), and a repeat guest role as Jerry Gold, a talk-show host who becomes both an antagonist and love interest of the title character on Murphy Brown. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 1990 and 1991 for portraying Gold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jay Thomas is the 10,350th most popular actor (down from 10,056th in 2019), the 15,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,693rd in 2019) and the 4,882nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jay Thomas ranks 10,350 out of 13,578. Before him are Scarlet Ortiz, Irene Bedard, Sophie Ward, Pollyanna McIntosh, Murat Han, and Kristin Lehman. After him are Eric Linden, Shim Eun-kyung, Sean Lock, Rebecca Pidgeon, Salma Agha, and Kira Kosarin.

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Among people born in 1948, Jay Thomas ranks 781. Before him are Mildrette Netter, Dave Heineman, Farooq Sheikh, Tom Coburn, Carol Bartz, and Nell Carter. After him are Penelope Milford, Austin Carr, Dennis Waterman, Sam Lacey, Raman Parimala, and Shobhaa De. Among people deceased in 2017, Jay Thomas ranks 659. Before him are Nelsan Ellis, Helen Dunmore, Denis Voronenkov, Elena Verdugo, Julia Perez, and Barbara Cook. After him are Harvey Atkin, Ronnie Moran, Pete Domenici, Bharati Mukherjee, Stefano Farina, and Serge Baguet.

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Among people born in United States, Jay Thomas ranks 15,486 out of 20,380. Before him are Irene Bedard (1967), Jim DeMint (1951), Denis McDonough (1969), Dominic A. Antonelli (1967), Rick Snyder (1958), and John Naber (1956). After him are Kent Hovind (1953), Eric Linden (1909), Eddie Alvarez (1984), Lewis Tewanima (1888), Josh Barnett (1977), and Lonnie Mack (1941).

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Among actors born in United States, Jay Thomas ranks 4,885. Before him are Xochitl Gomez (2006), Darrell Hammond (1955), Heather Matarazzo (1982), Andy On (1977), Tichina Arnold (1969), and Irene Bedard (1967). After him are Eric Linden (1909), Rebecca Pidgeon (1965), Kira Kosarin (1997), James Patrick Stuart (1968), Benito Martinez (1971), and Lucy Boynton (1994).

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