Jack radiated joy, peace, and love. I was fortunate enough to see him at the Miami Science Planetarium recently, after losing my beloved mother. Please tell my beloved mother how much I love and miss her. God Bless You both! I will always think of you when I look up towards the heavens.
You will be missed, but always remembered. Thanks for all your lessons and for the tour around the Cosmos with the naked eye. The wonders you shown us will be with me to this very day and beyond. My eyes will alway look towards the heaven to watch that show of show known as the Universe. In other words I will always keep looking up. Rest in peace watcher of the stars.
We'll miss you,Jack! Thanks for telling all of us to "Keep Looking Up!" WE WILL...and we'll miss your voice combined with that otherworldly little whistling tune!!
We should all approach our jobs with the same enthusiasm as Jack did. This is one person you CAN say no one will replace him. He was one of a kind and truly loved his job. The Cosmos has lost their greatest ambassador. Thank you, Jack. Hopefully you can now visit all these wonders in person.
A true end of an era...those of us who stayed up late, before the PBS station went off the air, who couldn't wait to hear your excited voice, will miss you, Jack...may the wonders of the universe you showed us be clear to you, now...R.I.P. Jack Horkheimer...we'll keep looking up.
R.I.P. Jack Horkheimer... I loved watching your show as a kid and I still do today. I'll gaze up at the stars and think of you alongside that theme song you popularized.
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear of his passing. I love his voice and his enthusiasm. I always looked forward to hearing him on t.v. or radio. Thank you for enhancing my night time experience and thank you for lending your wonderful enthusiasm to my introduction of looking up to my kids.
First aired in the Saint Louis area before Dr. Who on the local PBS station. A friend of mine immediately began doing a spot-on impression of Jack. If you closed your eyes, you'd have swore Jack was in the room. So long, Star Hustler. Thanks for everything...CKB
Missing ya already, Jack. I've heard you telling me about the wonders of the night sky for years. If it weren't for you, I probably would never have spent that night in college on the beach watching the Persieds. One of the best college memories I have. :)
Farewell Jack. Thanks for making us take a few moments to look up each evening. Ashes to ashes. Stardust to stardust. May your journey be as wondrous as the night sky.
Today, 1 month after, I was just thinking that I hadn't seen Jack in a while, so I googled and found out the sad news. GUTTED! I first started watching Jack back in the mid 80s on KTEH channel 54 in San Jose right after Dr Who around 12:35am. He was a one of a kind--don't make em like this anymore! Jack you will always be the Star Hustler and keep looking down.
OH MY GOD! I'm subscribed to Star Gazer on iTunes and I was ready to watch his five minute 9/27- 10/3 show. I was multi-tasking at the time and when the "Greetings fellow Stargazers!!" came, I noticed the voice was different. I gave it my full attention and thought "Ok Just a sub" That's when the young man said "this show was produced before our favorite star passed away." I am in shock right now. I found this show 1 night on a fluke. The BEST fluke I ever committed. I feel like crying now. :(
He helped inspire my love for astronomy. I can never thank him enough. My sympathies go out to his family, friends and fans. As someone who literally grew up watching his show I feel as if I too have lost a good friend. He will be missed. Don't worry Jack, thanks in no small part to you, I'll certainly keep looking up and every time I point out a constellation to someone, I'll remember fondly how I first learned about them from watching you. Goodbye, Jack.
@itjustfigures Yes, Tomita's stuff is just wonderful. Brings me back to the days of Jean Michel Jarre in the 80's.I have to thank Jack Horkheimer for turning me onto this musicians' terrific interpretations; I have almost all of Tomita's albums. Snowflakes are Dancing is the one that the theme music from Starhustler can be found on. :)
Was this his last show? I could never figure out how far in advance these were made. Certainly, he never reran shows. I guess they just redid certain topics or even worked from a stack of index cards that constantly rotated in the drawer year to year!
The ending theme of the anime Bakemonogatari mentions the same thing. "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語?, "The Story You Don't Know") - Supercell
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
@MusiqOfAmani Now if that ain't the truth. I'm really feeling selfish right now having just hearing the news (REALLY late I know! LOL!) I want him back.
@spacehelmetforacow Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
@spacehelmetforacow Religion ? sorry bud you are in a religion not me Jesus is not a religion your unbelief is a religion JESUS is no religion he is a relationship JESUS is not a 501c3 HE is a relationship ya see JESUS warned the religious in his time said these things depart form me i never knew you.. see it for your self that is Matthew 7:21-23
