Jimmy O'Neill, the Oklahoma-born Los Angeles disc jockey best remembered for hosting the 1964-66 ABC network television series Shindig, passed away this past Friday at his West Hollywood, California home at age 73.
According to his son, Jimmy had diabetes and heart problems.
During the show's fifteen-month run (in which it aired in single 30-minute, one-hour, and two weekly 30-minute formats), many top acts in popular music were featured on the show, such as The Beatles (in a prerecorded segment produced in England), the Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, the Righteous Brothers, the Mamas and Papas, the Beach Boys, and Tina Turner, amongst others.
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