Joseph Deighton Gibson Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Deighton Gibson Jr.

Date of Birth: 13-May-1920

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: journalist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Joseph Deighton Gibson Jr.
(May 13, 1920 – January 30, 2000) was an American radio Disc Jockey and actor.
He attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.
from 1940–42 and received a bachelor's degree in science.
He was married to Sadye Gibson for 47 years and together they have two children.
She passed in 1990.
His second wife, Elsie Harris-Gibson lives in Las Vegas.
He is the father of the Black appeal radio format. To his radio buddies his nickname was “jockey jack” but he achieved notoriety for his annual black radio convention where he was Jack the Rapper, for an all-inclusive black/urban music showcase and convention that came to epitomize Hip-Hop.
He is in the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
In 1989 he was inducted in the Black Radio Hall of Fame.