Actor Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on "WKRP in Cincinnati'' as well as the lonely Maytag repairman, has died. He was 71.

A cousin says Jump suffered from a condition called pulmonary fibrosis. She says Jump is believed to have died at his home in Orange County, California.

Jump portrayed the Maytag repairman "Ol' Lonely,'' a well-recognized advertising symbol, from 1989 until he retired from the role in July and actor Hardy Rawls took over.

Jump played Arthur Carlson in "W-K-R-P in Cincinnati,'' which aired on CBS from 1978 to 1982.