- He was instrumental with his ex-wife Sharon Sheeley (erstwhile girlfriend of rocker Eddie Cochran) in creating the '60s TV show Shindig! (1964).
- He was barely out of his teens when he became Los Angeles' top-rated radio deejay, and was only 24 when he became a national celebrity as the host of "Shindig!," one of the earliest rock 'n' roll shows on prime-time TV.
- He took a high-school class in broadcasting and, as one of the top students, won the chance to have his own two-hour show on the local radio station. After high school, he landed a deejay job at KQV in Pittsburgh. He stayed there for only a year before moving to Los Angeles.
- O'Neill was cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean.
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