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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2023
WiLD 94.9 listeners are mourning the nonaccomplishment of Jeffrey "JV" Vandergrift.
One period aft the vigor host's disappearance, the San Francisco Bay Area presumption confirmed that he has been found dead. He was 55 years old.
"With a dense heart, we indispensable corroborate that the assemblage recovered adjacent Pier 39 connected Wednesday day has been identified arsenic our beloved friend, household subordinate & colleague, JV," a connection posted to the WiLD 94.9 website connected March 23 read. "We are devastated to cognize present that JV is gone. Please support his woman Natasha, his family, and adjacent friends successful your thoughts and prayers."
Along with the news, the presumption shared a bid of photos of Vandergrift from implicit the years. "JV, we'll miss you," the connection concluded. "You are everlastingly a Bay Area Icon."
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office besides confirmed Vandergrift's passing to People; however, an authoritative origin of decease was not reported.
The San Francisco Police Department's Public Information Officer Nicole Pachetti told the outlet officers responded to the section Pier 39 conscionable earlier 5:00 p.m. connected March 22 successful regards to a idiosyncratic successful the water.
"Officers arrived connected country and located a idiosyncratic successful the water," Pacchetti added. "Officers and medics from the San Francisco Fire Department retrieved the idiosyncratic who was confirmed deceased astatine the scene. At this time, we person nary grounds of foul play."
Police archetypal notified the nationalist connected Feb. 24 that Vandergrift had gone missing, noting that helium was past seen the nighttime anterior and was considered "at-risk."
About a week later, The JV Show star's woman and chap vigor big Natasha Yi shared a connection thanking fans for their prayers and enactment during this time.
"I tin consciousness your emotion and vigor for JV, and I americium truthful grateful for it," she wrote successful a March 2 Instagram post. "The magnitude of compassion for the carnal torture JV has been going done for the past 2 years has been overwhelming."
Vandergrift was diagnosed with Lyme illness successful 2021 and elaborate however it affected his carnal and intelligence wellness successful a 2022 blog post on WiLD 94.9's website.
In her enactment astir her hubby missing, Yi noted that she didn't expect to spot him again.
"I person been successful truthful overmuch symptom and fearfulness and I cognize each of you person been truthful frightened and acrophobic for JV arsenic well," she continued. "JV and I person ever considered this assemblage portion of our family, truthful I privation to fto you cognize that idiosyncratic accusation has precocious been discovered that leads america to judge JV volition not beryllium coming back. I archer you this with unthinkable symptom and sadness successful my heart."
Last week, Yi shared a bid of throwback photos of her and Vandergrift. "I miss you @theoriginaljv," she wrote successful the March 16 Instagram post. "You are the emotion of my life. I volition emotion you for eternity."
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