What is Jay Thomas?
{{Infobox person | name = Jay Thomas | image = Jay Thomas at 44th Primetime Emmy Awards cropped.jpg | caption = Thomas at the 1992 [[Emmy Award]]s | birth_name = Jon Thomas Terrell | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|7|12}} | birth_place = [[Kermit, Texas]], U.S. | death_date= {{death date and age|2017|8|24|1948|7|12}} | death_place = [[Santa Barbara, California]] | occupation = Actor, radio talk show host | children = 3 | years active = 1980–2017 }} '''Jon Thomas Terrell'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Thomas – Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858988/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bth_nm|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref> (July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017), professionally known as '''Jay Thomas''', was an American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host. His well known television work included his role as Remo DaVinci on ''[[Mork & Mindy]]'' (1979–81), the recurring role of Eddie LeBec on ''[[Cheers]]'' (1987–89), the lead character Jack Stein on ''[[Love & War (TV series)|Love & War]]'' (1992–95), and a repeat guest role as Jerry Gold on ''[[Murphy Brown]]''. Thomas won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 1990 and 1991 for playing Gold. In 1997, he starred in the television movie ''[[Killing Mr. Griffin (movie)|Killing Mr. Griffin]]'', based on [[Killing Mr. Griffin|the novel of the same name]]. In movie, he co-starred in ''[[Mr Holland's Opus]]'' and portrayed [[The Easter Bunny]] in ''[[The Santa Clause 2]]'' and ''[[The Santa Clause 3]]''. He was also an annual guest on ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]'' during the Christmas season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animalnewyork.com/2009/its-wouldnt-be-the-holidays-without-jay-thomas-lone-ranger-story|title=It's Wouldn't Be the Holidays Without Jay Thomas' Lone Ranger Story|publisher=Animalnewyork.com|access-date=2014-06-20|archive-date=2014-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707171044/http://animalnewyork.com/2009/its-wouldnt-be-the-holidays-without-jay-thomas-lone-ranger-story/|url-statu