Actor Leslie Jordan died Monday successful Los Angeles, according to his agent. Jordan was reportedly successful a car accident, though his origin of decease was not confirmed. He was 67 years old.
While known successful caller years for appearing successful the tv bid “American Horror Story,” “Will and Grace” and “Call Me Kat,” Jordan became a viral Internet sensation aboriginal successful the pandemic due to the fact that of videos helium posted to Instagram. He filmed himself doing each sorts of humorous activities, from baton twirling arsenic exercise to singing Lizzo portion impersonating Sia with a fringed pillow atop his head. At the clip of his death, Jordan had 5.8 cardinal followers and astir a 1000 posts connected the platform.
Jordan’s agent, David Shaul of the BRS/Gage endowment agency, said successful a connection that “the satellite is decidedly a overmuch darker spot contiguous without the emotion and airy of Leslie Jordan.”
“Not lone was helium a mega endowment and joyousness to enactment with, but helium provided an affectional sanctuary to the federation astatine 1 of its astir hard times,” Shaul wrote, referring to the Instagram videos Jordan filmed during the pandemic. “What helium lacked successful tallness helium made up for successful generosity and greatness arsenic a son, brother, artist, comedian, spouse and quality being. Knowing that helium has near the satellite astatine the tallness of some his nonrecreational and idiosyncratic beingness is the lone solace 1 tin person today.”
In an April 2020 interrogation with The Washington Post, Jordan said helium joined Instagram astatine the urging of casting enforcement Tess Sanchez Greenfield, who said it would beryllium “perfect for you.” His follower number grew swiftly arsenic his videos were wide reposted — astatine archetypal by castmates specified arsenic Megan Mullally, helium said, and past by implicit strangers. At 1 point, according to Jordan, helium “posted thing a tiny spot off-color erstwhile and thing called ‘the champion of Grindr,’ immoderate benignant of hookup site, posted it.”
Jordan didn’t rather recognize his abrupt fame astatine the clip — “Who are these people? I had nary idea,” helium recalled of his archetypal effect to the surge successful followers — but embraced it each the same.
“But anyway, it’s each good,” helium told The Post. “It’s each bully to beryllium 65 and person a cardinal followers connected the Internet. Not the way I planned, but you spell with the flow.”
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