[FOTZeiss] Jack Horkheimer's Passing

[Glenn A. Walsh]

Jack Horkheimer, best known as host of the weekly PBS television series "Star Gazer," died this afternoon (Friday) after an illness. The 72-year-old Horkheimer was also Director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium for several decades.

His television show started, about 30 years ago, as "Star Hustler." The name was changed to "Star Gazer," with the advent of the Internet, because Internet filters for children would screen-out the word "hustler."

Obituary from Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/20/1785361/star-gazer-host-jack-horkheimer.html

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--- On Fri, 8/20/10, Mark Rigby <mark.rigby at brisbane.qld.gov.au> wrote:

> From: Mark Rigby <mark.rigby at brisbane.qld.gov.au>
> Subject: [DOME-L:3364] Jack Horkheimer's Passing
> To: "Dome-L" <dome-l at googlegroups.com>
> Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 5:39 PM

> Astronomy.com blog reported the
> passing of Jack Horkheimer.
> 
> As most of you would know, Jack presented his Star Gazer
> and prior
> Star Hustler TV programs for many decades, while based at
> his Miami
> Planetarium. I had a wonderful visit and lunch with him in
> his Miami
> Planetarium office in July 2008. Despite his very poor
> health and
> being on oxygen, he was so, so gracious and we covered so
> much as we
> consumed a Cuban meal. A great loss. But as he would say:
> ‘Keep
> looking up.’
> 
> Here is his script for next week's program - his 1707th
> show:
> 
> http://www.jackstargazer.com/scripts0SG1034.html
> 
> January 2006 article on Jack in Astronomy magazine:
> 
> http://www.astronomy.com/asy/objects/pdf/horkheimer.pdf
> 
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