MODERN MUSIC FANS MAY NOT KNOW THE NAME JACK JONES, BUT THEY’RE LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH AT LEAST ONE OF HIS SONGS. JONES BATTLED LEUKEMIA FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS BUT WILL BE REMEMBERED THROUGH HIS MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THE THEME FROM “THE LOVE BOAT.”
REPRESENTATIVES SAY THAT JONES, ONCE DUBBED “THE NEXT MAJOR STAR OF SHOW BUSINESS” BY FRANK SINATRA, PASSED AWAY HOLDING HANDS WITH HIS WIFE ELEONORA, AND CLUTCHING HIS TOY POODLE IVY. HE WAS 86.