Jack Horkheimer

Thank you for teaching me the universe, I'll miss you.

This man taught me more about the stars and night sky than anyone, and I enjoyed learning from him. Jack seemed to bring us along with him on his nebular journeys. Not as students or audience, but as friends. I miss him terribly, but my loss is God's gain. And someday I'll get to meet him in His presence.

He inspired me to take up star gazing when I was a teen. Now that I am much older and getting interested in astronomy again, I find that he is no longer with us. I loved his shows and I am going to greatly miss him.

I always enjoyed Mr. Horkheimer on PBS. I'll always see him walking on the rings of Saturn. He was even more than I imagined....from what little I knew of him before reading this. Hope to meet him in another life....It would be a great honor.

My wife and I were playing the Snowflakes are dancing album this morning and Jack's theme song came on.My wife Julie and I miss him very much.Stan

I cannot believe it is Nov. 4, 2011 and I just found out that Jack died. I must live under a rock in IL. I assumed he retired when I found someone else on the show. I am so sad to read this, I loved his weekly shows!

Hey Pal:
I enjoyed those dinner parties with you at Toonie's house. You were so sassy. Hope you're having a good time flying through the cosmos now that you're no longer limited by the constraints of your physical body. I'd welcome a visit if you ever want to come by and say "Hi!".
See you when I get there! Save a star for me!
Love,
Donna

Oh man! This breaks my heart. I used to watch him growing up, at around 4 in the morning, summers, before my paper route. I hadn't checked in for about a year and I saw episode after episode with the guest host. I miss Jack - nobody can replace him. Thanks for filling those nights with the cosmos, Jack.

Jack Horkheimer is the reason I still get up ridiculously early or stay up crazy late to watch meteor showers and am excited by other celestial happenings, and it's obvious from this guest book that I'm only one of an enormous number of people who can say the same. Hopefully I can impart some of that love of the sky to my own infant son as he grows up. Thank you, Jack.