Career
He was killed in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624 in 1948. Jackson was an editor at Collier"s Weekly in his early years. After meeting David A. Smart and Arnold Gingrich, the three decided to start their own men"s fashion magazine, which would include other men"s lifestyle journalism.
The new magazine, Esquire Magazine, was established in 1932.
In 1948, while on a flight home to New York City, the aircraft that he was on entered an emergency decent after the crew mistook an indicator light and released carbon dioxide extinguishers into the engines. The aircraft hit power lines in its emergency descent and burst into flames, killing all 43 people on board.
