Jeremy Mansfield

Jeremy Mansfield
Born
Robert Jeremy Mansfield

(1963-08-15)15 August 1963
Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
Died31 October 2022(2022-10-31) (aged 59)
South Africa
Other nameJem Jerome
EducationKingswood College
Alma materRhodes University
OccupationRadio presenter
Known forRadio presenting, television presenting
Spouses
  • Cornelia Agnes Schulz (1988 - 1997)
  • Jacqui Thompson (2003 - )
ChildrenGabriella

Robert Jeremy Clayton Mansfield (15 August 1963 – 31 October 2022) was a South African radio and television celebrity. He worked on numerous radio stations as a presenter, and also presented numerous television shows and inserts for popular television magazine programs.

Early life

Mansfield was born in Grahamstown, South Africa.[1] He attended school at Kingswood College. He remained in Grahamstown attending Rhodes University, where he studied speech, drama and journalism.[1]

Media career

Radio

In 1993 he became as a regular presenter of 702's Saturday Afternoon magazine program.[1] In 1995, Mansfield took over hosting of the afternoon show.[1]

In 1997, Mansfield moved to 702 Talk Radio's sister station 94.7 Highveld Stereo where he created and hosted the hugely popular weekday breakfast show, The Rude Awakening which at its peak was the most commercially successful show in southern Africa with over 1.5 million listeners.[1]

In 2009, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and received six months of medical treatment.[1] In June 2010, Mansfield announced he would be leaving the show. He hosted his last show on Monday 12 July 2010.[2][3]

Television and film

In the mid-1990s, Mansfield started appearing as a features contributor and guest presenter on South African Pay television channels M-Net for Front Row and SuperSport. In 1998 he left the channel and started presenting A Word or 2,[4][5] on SABC 2. The show ran for 10 seasons.

In 2010, Mansfield was cast in Disney's local release of Toy Story 3 as the voice of Lifer.[6]

In 2010, Mansfield hosted his own weekly finance show, Mansfield's Moneysense on CNBC Africa.[7]

CDs, books, tableware

Mansfield released five CDs containing characters he created on-air, humorous stories and songs (most of which he wrote himself) poking fun at many South African personalities and situations.[8]

Mansfield leant his name to a number of joke books, of which ''Vrot Jokes'' (ISBN|978-1-86872-335-5) is a South African bestseller.

With his wife, Jacqui, wrote the multi award-winning contemporary cookbook titled ''Zhoozsh!'' (ISBN|978-1-77007-785-0) in February 2009. It won over seven awards including Best Cook Book in South Africa and Third Best Cook Book in the World at the Gourmand Awards. Their second cookbook, ''Zhoozsh! Faking It'' (ISBN|9781770078659) is also an award-winner. Both books are best-sellers and resulted in their own range of tableware, ''Zhoozsh,'' sold through home decor stores.

Death

Mansfield was diagnosed with liver cancer in January 2022. He died on 31 October 2022, at the age of 59.[9][1]

Awards and accolades

1985: AA Vita Award as The Most Promising Young South African Actor[10]

1996–2010: Best Radio Personality of the year (Best of Johannesburg Readers' Choice Awards)[11]

2008: Three wins in the South African sector of the Gourmand Cookbook Awards for Jeremy and Jacqui Mansfield: wins Book of the Year, Innovative and Media for Zhoozsh![12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wagner, Leonie (11 September 2022). "Cancer is no joke..unless you're Jeremy Mansfield". Sunday Times (South Africa). p. 15.
  2. ↑ "Mansfield hosts last Rude Awakening". Independent Online (IOL). Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mansfield leaves Breakfast FM". News24.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Different People, Different Nations, DIFFERENT GAMES!: A Word or 2 (South Africa, 2004)". Brother's Bar. Archived from the original on 26 May 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  5. ↑ Stemmet, Johan (Executive Producer). "A Word or 2: Official site". Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Jeremy Mansfield in Toy Story 3 : News24: Entertainment: South Africa". Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Gordon, Doug (14 July 2010). "South Africa: New Horizons Await Radio-Whiz Mansfield". allAfrica. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. ↑ J Mansfield, Jeremy (1999). "Vrot Jokes". Amazon.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ McKay, Bronwyn. "Radio legend Jeremy Mansfield, 59, has died". News24 Channel. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "24 Facts: Jeremy Mansfield". Life. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Mueni, Priscillah (2 September 2019). "All you need to know about Jeremy Mansfield and his recent illness". Briefly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  12. ↑ McKay, Bronwyn. "Jeremy Mansfield: A life in pictures". Life. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Crouth, Georgina (31 October 2022). "'Giant oke has fallen' — tributes pour in for veteran radio presenter Jeremy Mansfield". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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