{{Short description|South African broadcaster (1963–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Jeremy Mansfield | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Jeremy Mansfield | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1963|08|15}} | birth_place = Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|10|31|1963|08|15}} | death_place = South Africa | education = Kingswood College | alma_mater = Rhodes University | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = Jem Jerome | known_for = Radio presenting, television presenting | employer = | occupation = Radio presenter | title = | height = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = * Cornelia Agnes Schulz (1988 - 1997) * Jacqui Thompson (2003 - ) | partner = | children = Gabriella | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Robert Jeremy Clayton Mansfield''' (15 August 1963 – 31 October 2022) was a South African radio and television celebrity. He worked on numerous radio stations as a presenter, and also presented numerous television shows and inserts for popular television magazine programs.

==Early life== Mansfield was born in Grahamstown, South Africa.<ref name="ST01">{{Cite news |last=Wagner |first=Leonie |date=11 September 2022 |title=Cancer is no joke..unless you're Jeremy Mansfield |pages=15 |work=Sunday Times (South Africa)}}</ref> He attended school at Kingswood College. He remained in Grahamstown attending Rhodes University, where he studied speech, drama and journalism.<ref name=ST01/>

==Media career== ===Radio=== In 1993 he became as a regular presenter of 702's ''Saturday Afternoon'' magazine program.<ref name=ST01/> In 1995, Mansfield took over hosting of the afternoon show.<ref name=ST01/>

In 1997, Mansfield moved to ''702 Talk Radio'''s sister station 94.7 Highveld Stereo where he created and hosted the hugely popular weekday breakfast show, ''The Rude Awakening'' which at its peak was the most commercially successful show in southern Africa with over 1.5 million listeners.<ref name=ST01/>

In 2009, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and received six months of medical treatment.<ref name=ST01/> In June 2010, Mansfield announced he would be leaving the show. He hosted his last show on Monday 12 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5551660 |title=Mansfield hosts last Rude Awakening |publisher=Independent Online (IOL) |accessdate=12 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/Mansfield-leaves-breakfast-FM-20100712 |title=Mansfield leaves Breakfast FM |publisher=News24.com |accessdate=12 July 2010 }}</ref>

===Television and film===

In the mid-1990s, Mansfield started appearing as a features contributor and guest presenter on South African Pay television channels M-Net for ''Front Row'' and SuperSport. In 1998 he left the channel and started presenting ''A Word or 2'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/weekendspecials/awordor2.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526103710/http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/weekendspecials/awordor2.htm |archivedate=2005-05-26 |title=Different People, Different Nations, DIFFERENT GAMES!: A Word or 2 (South Africa, 2004) |publisher=Brother's Bar |accessdate=18 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.awordor2.co.za/ |title = A Word or 2: Official site |author = Stemmet, Johan (Executive Producer) |access-date = 18 January 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217033341/http://www.awordor2.co.za/ |archive-date = 17 December 2007 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> on SABC 2. The show ran for 10 seasons.

In 2010, Mansfield was cast in Disney's local release of ''Toy Story 3'' as the voice of ''Lifer''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/Jeremy-Mansfield-in-Toy-Story-3--20100511 |title=Jeremy Mansfield in Toy Story 3 : News24: Entertainment: South Africa |access-date=2010-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514145550/http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/Jeremy-Mansfield-in-Toy-Story-3--20100511 |archive-date=14 May 2010 }}</ref>

In 2010, Mansfield hosted his own weekly finance show, ''Mansfield's Moneysense'' on CNBC Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201007140555.html|title=South Africa: New Horizons Await Radio-Whiz Mansfield|last=Gordon|first=Doug|date=2010-07-14|website=allAfrica|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>

==Death== Mansfield was diagnosed with liver cancer in January 2022. He died on 31 October 2022, at the age of 59.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Bronwyn |title=Radio legend Jeremy Mansfield, 59, has died |url=https://www.news24.com/channel/celebrities/radio-legend-jeremy-mansfield-59-has-died-20221031 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=News24 Channel |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref name=ST01/>

==Awards and accolades==

1985: AA Vita Award as ''The Most Promising Young South African Actor''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=24 Facts: Jeremy Mansfield |url=https://www.news24.com/channel/24-facts-jeremy-mansfield-20100713 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Life |language=en-US}}</ref>

1996–2010: Best Radio Personality of the year (Best of Johannesburg Readers' Choice Awards)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mueni |first=Priscillah |date=2019-09-02 |title=All you need to know about Jeremy Mansfield and his recent illness |url=https://briefly.co.za/36104-jeremy-mansfield-biography-age-wife-health-radio-station-instagram.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Briefly |language=en}}</ref>

2008: Three wins in the South African sector of the Gourmand Cookbook Awards for Jeremy and Jacqui Mansfield: wins Book of the Year, Innovative and Media for ''Zhoozsh!''<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Bronwyn |title=Jeremy Mansfield: A life in pictures |url=https://www.news24.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/celebrities/jeremy-mansfield-a-life-in-pictures-20221031 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Life |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crouth |first=Georgina |date=2022-10-31 |title=‘Giant oke has fallen’ — tributes pour in for veteran radio presenter Jeremy Mansfield |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-10-31-giant-oke-has-fallen-tributes-pour-in-for-veteran-radio-presenter-jeremy-mansfield/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}</ref>

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