Actor Gordon Jump, of 'WKRP' and Maytag Fame, Dies
Actor Gordon Jump, who portrayed a radio station manager on the comedy television series 'WKRP in Cincinnati' and who also portrayed the lonely Maytag repairman in television commercials, died September 22, 2003 in Los Angeles. Jump, shown in this undated publicity photograph as the repairman, died at his home south of Los Angeles, succumbing to the lung disease pulmonary fibrosis, stepson Chris McKeever told Reuters.

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