Candy Jones
Pin-up girl, Broadcast Artist
1925 – 1990
Who was Candy Jones?
Candy Jones, originally known as Jessica Arline Wilcox, was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was raised and educated in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In the 1940s and 1950s she was a leading model and pin-up girl, and afterwards established a modeling school and wrote several books on modeling and fashion. In 1972, Jones married the popular radio show host Long John Nebel, and became the co-host of his all-night talk-show on WMCA in New York City. The show dealt with paranormal, UFO, and conspiracy theory claims.
Controversially, Jones claimed to be a victim of the CIA mind-control program, Project MKULTRA, in the 1960s.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1925
Wilkes-Barre - Spouses
- Long John Nebel
(1972/12/31 - )
- Long John Nebel
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Wilkes-Barre
- Atlantic City
- Died
- Jan 18, 1990
Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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