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Jack E. Jett was born on 17 June, 1956 in Dallas County, Texas, U.S., is an American talk show host (1956–2015). Discover Jack E. Jett's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Occupation Television personality, host
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 17 June 1956
Birthday 17 June
Birthplace Dallas County, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 2015
Died Place Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Jack E. Jett Net Worth

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1956

Jack E. Jett (June 17, 1956 – March 21, 2015) was the first openly gay American talk show host.

Jack E. Jett grew up in Dallas, Texas, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21.

He held various jobs in the entertainment industry while in Los Angeles; among them, he was the Talent Agency Representative for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

He then went through the Creative Artist training program.

1980

Through a fluke meeting at The China Club in the early 1980s, Mr. Jett was offered a contract to model for Cinq Deux Un ("521"), an agency in Tokyo, Japan.

Jett's modeling career lasted for the next eight years.

1982

Then known as "Jhett," he became one of the highest paid male models in the world in 1982, with contracts in Milan, Paris, Los Angeles, and Barcelona.

Jett also appeared in Playgirl that year, in a profile about his career and life in Beverly Hills.

He met The Go-Go's lead singer Belinda Carlisle, and they quickly became best friends.

Upon retiring, or being retired from, modeling, Jett began to travel with The Go-Go's, handling various tasks such as press, travel, interview schedules, and luggage handling.

During Carlisle's solo career, he worked as her personal assistant.

1988

In 1988, Jett dropped the name Jhett.

He was offered the position of U.S. Representative for Prime Television, an Australian broadcast network.

He worked as a liaison between the American production companies and the network's executives.

Prime was an aggregator of television programming, supplying programming for local stations.

Jett developed projects for these stations to produce, in addition to finding new programs from the United States for them to broadcast.

After a few years he grew tired of the long-distance travel, and wanted to stay near his home in West Hollywood, California.

He accepted a position as a coordinator for the CBS Television City comedy casting department.

This position allowed him to find up-and-coming comedy talent in various Equity-waiver theatres and comedy clubs, and arrange meetings between those comedians and various casting executives.

By the time he was 40, Jett had lost 40 friends to the AIDS epidemic.

He began volunteer work with the charitable organizations Aid For AIDS, Elizabeth Taylor’s amfAR, and Cable Positive.

1990

In early 1990, Jett returned to his native Dallas, Texas.

Having been an avid fan of public-access television cable TV in Los Angeles, Jett found a very limited public-access television selection in Dallas.

He decided to create a show that featured various oddball characters and freaks of nature.

The show became a local cult classic, and soon became available on cable access stations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and Austin.

2002

In early 2002 Chris Rentzel replied to an ad in the Dallas Observer that Jack had placed requesting quirky short films.

Chris submitted some of his Triangle Woman short films to Jack and a collaboration was formed shortly after.

They co-produced approximately 30 shows together between 2002 and 2004.

As a result of that, PrideVision Television in Canada (later renamed OUTtv) offered Jett the chance to move from public-access television to national cable television.

Jack and Chris produced 12 episodes specifically for PrideVision.

The show later became one of the first programs on the Q Television Network, the first American television network catering to the LGBT community.

In January 2021, Chris started uploading episodes of this original cable access show (here).

The goal is to upload one show per week until finished.

When radio DJ Jagger bowed out of a new program on Q Television called On Q Live, the hosting job was offered to Jett.

The show was a four-hour chat fest that included various guests.

The show was highly audience-interactive, with viewer call-ins, webcam conversations, and emails.

Over 150 episodes were produced.

The show was seen five nights a week, and catered exclusively to the gay and lesbian community.

As someone who preferred his programs to be a little more "on the edge," Jett developed a show that would eventually become the network's top premiere program.

The Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett became hit on the network.