03.18.2004 4:40 PM EST J.J. Jackson, One Of MTV's First VJs, Dies At Age 62 Jackson suffered apparent heart attack. by Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Curtis Waller and Jennifer Vineyard J.J. Jackson says hello on MTV for the first time on August 1, 1981 (Photo: MTV) J.J. Jackson, remembered as one of the first faces of MTV, died Wednesday night in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack, according to friends and former business associates. He was 62. Jackson helped define the term "VJ" as one of the first on-air personalities on MTV when the channel launched in...