Lewis Largent, the influential alternative rock radio DJ and MTV VJ that hosted '120 Minutes,' has died
In 1992, Largent shifted over to MTV, where he landed as a vp of music programming and became the host of, bringing artists including David Bowie, Bjork, Trent Reznor, Radiohead and PJ Harvey to television screens everywhere on Sunday nights. He was the face of the show through 1995, though he stayed with the company in his programming role until 1999.
Later in life, he went back to college to study creative writing, earning a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and his Master of Fine Arts in 2015. Largent is survived by wife Julie Greenwald, Atlantic Music Group chairman and CEO, and their two children.
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