death_date death_place birth_place other_names image_size name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
17 march 2004 los angeles , california the bronx , new york triple j 200px j.j. jackson 8 april 1941 j.j. jackson -lrb- media personality -rrb-
 john j. jackson , jr. radio and television personality
j.j. jackson -lrb- media personality -rrb-

john j. `` j.j. '' jackson , jr. -lrb- april 8 , 1941 -- march 17 , 2004 -rrb- was an american radio and television personality .
he was one of mtv 's five original vjs -lrb- along with nina blackwood , mark goodman , alan hunter , and martha quinn -rrb- .
in his appearances on mtv , jackson often went by and introduced himself as `` triple j '' .
