Candy Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Candy Jones

American model, pin-up, writer and radio host

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1990

Profession: actor, radio personality, model

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Candy Jones, originally known as Jessica Arline Wilcox (December 31, 1925 – January 18, 1990), 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 afterward, established a modeling school and wrote several books on modeling and fashion.
In 1972, Jones married the popular radio show host Long John Nebel (he was her second husband), 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. Jones controversially claimed to be a victim of Project MKULTRA, the CIA mind-control program, in the 1960s.