MTV star Matt Pinfield ‘unable to make decisions’ after devastating stroke

Former MTV host Matt Pinfield suffered a significant stroke earlier this month, main his daughters to hunt management of his funds and property.

Court docket paperwork element how Jessica Pinfield filed for non permanent conservatorship of her father, stating he’s “incompetent to make selections.”

Simply hours earlier than the stroke, Pinfield posted on Instagram: “Beginning one other week with gratitude for a life surrounded by nice individuals, life altering music, and unforgettable experiences that I by no means take with no consideration. Right here to a different week-another day-open coronary heart and open thoughts. Let’s rock!”

His employer, Los Angeles radio station KCSN, introduced: “The SoCal Sound’s legendary DJ Matt Pinfield might be taking a short lived go away of absence. We’re totally supportive of Matt and hope to have his energetic data of rock n’ roll again on the air quickly.”

Pinfield turned well-known for internet hosting MTV’s 120 Minutes from 1995 to 1999, and once more on MTV2 from 2011 to 2013. He began as a DJ in New Jersey within the Eighties earlier than becoming a member of MTV, the place he additionally labored on TRL and VH1.

After MTV, he turned a file government at Columbia Data, the place he labored with the choice band, The Killers. The band later wrote their 2004 music All These Issues That I’ve Accomplished about him.

Pinfield stated the road “I’ve obtained soul, however I am not a soldier” got here from his work serving to soldier-musicians with PTSD. Most lately, Pinfield co-hosted The Energy Hour on AXS TV and joined KCSN as a day host in March 2024.