Jane Carroll Dornacker (October 1, 1947 – October 22, 1986) was an American rock musician, comedian and traffic reporter. She gained fame as an associate songwriter for the San Francisco rock band The Tubes; she also led her own band, Leila and the Snakes.[1]
^Group, Gary Richards | Bay Area News (May 16, 2021). "Jane Dornacker remembered for hilarious traffic reports and chilling last words: Roadshow". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
Jane Carroll Dornacker (October 1, 1947 – October 22, 1986) was an American rock musician, comedian and traffic reporter. She gained fame as an associate...
other after hiring Kenny Ortega to direct and choreograph, comedian JaneDornacker and her band "Leila and the Snakes," and event support/video pioneer...
based out of San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s. The group was led by JaneDornacker (alias "Leila"), who had previously toured with The Tubes. Other members...
entered into a relationship with the band's drummer Prairie Prince. JaneDornacker, who also toured with The Tubes at this time, co-wrote the group's first...
aerial artist. Among the barely-dressed dancers and characters were JaneDornacker and Pearl E. Gates. Up-and-coming local actor-comedian Robin Williams...
the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter JaneDornacker. The last words heard on-the-air were Dornacker's screams of terror, "Hit the water! Hit the...
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(Ray Trainer, Mike Condello) – 2:37 "Don't Touch Me There" (Ron Nagle, JaneDornacker) – 3:30 "Slipped My Disco" (Spooner, Steen) – 4:27 "Proud to Be an American"...
I would describe my show as therapy, for myself." During the 1980s, JaneDornacker worked with him doing traffic. One of his running gags was feeding the...
hosted by Scoop Nisker with Henriques, Laura Daltry, Joe Lerer, and JaneDornacker. He appeared in FTA Show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek...
punk band The Dils, early punk band Dominant Legs, indie pop group JaneDornacker (1947–1986), songwriter for The Tubes, lead vocalist of Leila and the...
station's traffic helicopter crashed on October 22, killing reporter JaneDornacker. He exited WNBC at the end of February 1987 and was replaced by Alan...
redubbing itself as "Magic 61". October 22 – WNBC traffic reporter JaneDornacker is killed in helicopter crash while live on air. After 40 years of playing...
Ward, Kim Stanley, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, JaneDornacker, Harry Shearer, Jeff Goldblum, Donald Moffat, Levon Helm, Mary Jo Deschanel...
Hesse Junkers Ju 52 Ostend, Belgium crashed into a factory chimney JaneDornacker United States 1986 Actress and radio station traffic reporter Enstrom...
the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter JaneDornacker. The last words heard on-the-air are Dornacker's screams of terror, "Hit the water! Hit the...
industrialist Marcel Dassault (born Marcel Bloch) dies at 94. April 27 – JaneDornacker survives her first crash, with the pilot Bob Banes, of an Enstrom F-28C...
Robert Krulwich, American topical broadcast presenter. 1 October – JaneDornacker (died 1986), American rock musician, actress, comedian and WNBC traffic...
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