I haven't been able to find a link for this news, however, while watching CNN, the ticker at the bottom of the screen stated he was killed in a car accident. I was a fan of ZOOM back in the 70's. I know this show has continued on through the years.

I never heard of him...but this is just terrible news. Does anyone have a picture?

HOLLIS, New Hampshire: Jared Nathan, a budding actor who as a teenager performed on the popular children's television show "Zoom," was killed in a car crash. He was 21.

Nathan was an acting student at the Juilliard School in New York, friends said. He was home in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Christmas break when a car he was riding in struck a tree early Thursday; he died at a hospital. Police charged the 19-year-old driver, Gabriel King, a friend of Nathan's, with drunken driving.

Nathan was 13 when he was selected for the 1999 revival of "Zoom," a public TV show that first was seen in the 1970s. He was on for one season and would have been invited back had he not reached adolescence, executive producer Kate Taylor said.

"Jared was just a wonderful, wonderful kid," Taylor said Friday. "He was a quiet leader. He was also a really good team player."

The show, produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, featured a multiracial cast of children ranging in age from 9 to 14 who do activities based on suggestions sent in by viewers, anything from science experiments to musical performances.

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=newsblog#200661228002 :(

I remember him from the recent version of ZOOM that came on PBS a few years back.

What sad news... he died so very young... :(

What sad news... he died so very young... :(


So many people have died this year. :(

I remember him from the recent version of ZOOM that came on PBS a few years back.



I remember him also, my little cousin was in love with that show.

That is the 4th person this week:(

It's always the drunk driver who survives too. What a shame.
I remember him from Zoom. Boston, Mass 02134.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/cast/homepages/jared/

It's always the drunk driver who survives too. What a shame.
I remember him from Zoom. Boston, Mass 02134.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/cast/homepages/jared/
I recently heard on news that it is believed that drunken drivers survive because of the fact their blood behaves in a different manner when the body is injured (I can't remember the medical terms used), causing less bleeding to occur, etc. DAMN DRUNK DRIVERS!!!!!!!!:mad:

Oh, this really sucks! He was my favorite one on that show! RIP :(