Jared Whitham, my friend, in hospital
Dear friends,
My beloved friend of 12 years, Jared Whitham, was seriously injured last night when a car jumped the median and struck his Mirage camper van as he was heading south on I-75 near Tampa, FL. He was airlifted to St. Joesph’s Hospital, where he is mending in Intensive Care. Jared sustained injuries including bruised ribs, a cracked pelvis and a broken hip. I just spoke to him on the phone: it’s difficult for him to talk much becuase of his hurt ribs, but I am happy to report that he still has his spirits and was making the nurses laugh when I picked up the phone. He’ll get through this.
Please, if you’ve ever met Jared, or seen his paintings or seen him perform, if he’s ever made you laugh or if he’s hugged you like a brother, please take a moment and have him in your thoughts, or prayers, however you choose to look at it or what the case may be. I could never imagne a world without Jared in it. I know he’ll get through this; he’s too strong a soul not to.
I’ll leave a few links to his sites with his work on it. If you’ve never met him or don’t know him, please take a moment to look, and if the spirit moves you, leave a note or message of hope. Thank you very much for reading this message.
Jared’s website with his paintings
Jared’s myspace with his music
Jared’s “fanclub” myspace
Jared’s videos on Medicinefilms
Photos of Jared, from this past Christmas in Florida:
Jared & I in front of my parents’ house
Jared with the Mirage, his all-purpose vehicle which he detailed himself; he was travelling in it when the accident happened. It’s reinforced sides probably saved his life when the other car jumped the median (it is now totalled):
Jared with my Mother.
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<3.
Will Maier
May 18th, 2009 at 6:08 am
(3 years later…) (lol)
well… I just been intruduced to Jared Media since 3 months… I wanna buy his music… Tell Jared his fans have increased since his airings.
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>O.> ART, MUSIC
May 18th, 2009 at 6:09 am
…. hey it cut meh off…. ._.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
It’s certainly been long enough and the JWC is alive and well, too, so I’ll assume he’s doing better since the crash, thank B’harni.
I’ve been watching the JWC since the switchover in June, and
I
can’t
stop
watching!
Damn you, Jared, you’re like the guy who introduces someone to crack, that once they start, they just can’t stop! I can recite the Billy and Brono show by heart (hey, what happened to the part where his father turns into a KKK guy and beats Billy with a bat into a gooey paste??), I wanna see Jessica Samson get ambushed by a Terminator Robot, I wanna be a Serious Artist so I can get my art in the Mary Boone Gallery (I’ll even get a black shirt from K-Mart!).
You’re video crack, man, do what you have to to stay on the air, ’cause I didn’t record all 4hrs of the JWC loop yet! You’re off the hook, off the chains, off the linoleum, man! Rock on!