{"id":3696,"date":"2026-07-15T19:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:40:16","slug":"dave-kendall-former-mtv-host-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3696","title":{"rendered":"Dave Kendall, Former MTV Host, Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nDave Kendall, the creator and host of MTV\u2018s <em>120 Minutes<\/em>, has died.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKendall\u2019s former colleague Matt Pinfield announced his death on social media. No cause of death has been presented, and Kendall\u2019s age has not officially been confirmed. Kendall\u2019s Wikipedia page lists his age at 68.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3694\">David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investors Over Alleged Trump Side Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cHeartbroken to hear about the passing of Dave Kendall,\u201d Pinfield wrote on Tuesday. \u201cDave was one of the true believers. Long before alternative music found its way into the mainstream, he was there every week on <em>120 Minutes<\/em>, introducing people to bands that would go on to define an era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>120 Minutes<\/em> was not some sort of ironic or deep series title \u2014 the late, late night show played music videos for two hours. What a time it was. These days, MTV barely exists. The Paramount Global-owned cable channel pretty much just airs <em>Jersey Shore<\/em> shows, <em>The Challenge<\/em>, and reruns of old <em>Ridiculousness<\/em> episodes. Music videos exist pretty much just on YouTube and Vimeo. But in the time of Kendall and Pinfield, MTV and the visuals it provided could launch (and sometimes stifle) an artist\u2019s entire career.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201c[Kendall] didn\u2019t just host a show,\u201d Pinfield continued. \u201cHe gave a home to music that deserved to be heard. He loved the music, respected the artists, and connected with fans in a way that always felt authentic. That\u2019s a rare gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPinfield would know \u2014 he hosted <em>120 Minutes<\/em> a few years after Kendall\u2019s tenure ended.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3692\">Anthony Ippolito Goes the Distance as Sylvester Stallone in \u2018I Play Rocky\u2019 Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tKendall created the program in 1986 and became its host in 1988. In 1991, he famously debuted Nirvana\u2019s music video for <em>Smells Like Teen Spirit<\/em>, the song that launched grunge into the stratosphere and changed pretty much everything about rock and alternative music. Kendall exited the program the following year; Pinfield took over in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLater, Kendall would host a radio show on SiriusXM and return to journalism via the Bangkok Post.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cSending love to everyone whose life he touched,\u201d Pinfield\u2019s X post concluded. \u201cRest easy, Dave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3690\">New York Sees Film and TV Spend Surge, California Halts Exodus For Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tKendall began his career as a music journalist in his home country of England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Kendall, the former MTV host, has died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2614,2615,39],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-dave-kendall","tag-mtv","tag-obituaries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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