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.
I’m sad to read this. Lewis loomed large at 1515 Broadway and was such an energetic presence, who seamlessly balanced being the VP of music programming with being the host of 120 Minutes (srsly you couldn’t help thinking I kinda want to be him) RIP