Lisa03
09-23-2003, 07:59 AM
Actor Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on "W-K-R-P in Cincinnati" as well as the lonely Maytag repairman, has died.
He was 71.
A cousin says Jump suffered from a condition called pulmonary fibrosis.
She says Jump is believed to have died at his home in Orange County, California.
Jump portrayed the Maytag repairman "Ol' Lonely," a well-recognized advertising symbol, from 1989 until he retired from the role in July and actor Hardy Rawls took over.
Jump played Arthur Carlson in "W-K-R-P in Cincinnati," which aired on C-B-S from 1978 to 1982.
Funeral services are pending.
He was 71.
A cousin says Jump suffered from a condition called pulmonary fibrosis.
She says Jump is believed to have died at his home in Orange County, California.
Jump portrayed the Maytag repairman "Ol' Lonely," a well-recognized advertising symbol, from 1989 until he retired from the role in July and actor Hardy Rawls took over.
Jump played Arthur Carlson in "W-K-R-P in Cincinnati," which aired on C-B-S from 1978 to 1982.
Funeral services are pending.