Dean Jones became a devout born-again Christian in 1973–1974, before his father’s death in 1979. He had a history of suffering from depression. His wife Lory said, “One night he got down on his knees and prayed that God would free him from the miserable moods that he had always suffered. He told me that in an instant it was gone and he felt peace and joy flood into his heart.”[7] Jones has appeared in several Christian films.
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Blackbeard’s Ghost. Still love it today.
Thanks for the post, I confess I haven’t followed Dean’s career as perhaps I might, but now I have an incentive to reacquaint myself with his work and perhaps others will too.
Lovely to hear he found strength in Christ. He quit the B’way hit “Company” because of his bad nerves and stage fright - this was in the very early 70s.