Leslie Jordan, ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘American Horror Story’ Star, Dies at 67 in Car Accident - Variety

Leslie Jordan, an Emmy-winning actor, writer and vocalist champion known for his roles successful “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Hearts Afire,” has died. He was 67.

Jordan was driving successful Hollywood Monday greeting and crashed into the broadside of a gathering astatine Cahuenga Blvd. and Romaine St. It was suspected helium suffered immoderate benignant of aesculapian emergency.

Jordan was a seasoned histrion whose credits besides included “The Help,” “The Cool Kids” and “Call Me Kat,” which is presently airing its 3rd play connected Fox. In 2006, helium won the Emmy Award for impermanent histrion successful a drama bid for his enactment connected “Will & Grace,” connected which helium played Karen’s sexually ambiguous, socialite frenemy Beverly Leslie.

He appeared connected tv shows including “Ally McBeal,” “Ugly Betty,” “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Hidden Palms,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Caroline successful the City,” “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” “Reba,” “Boston Public,” “Nash Bridges” and “Boston Legal,” arsenic good arsenic films similar “Ski Patrol,” “Roadside Rodeo,” “Love Ranch,” “Southern Baptist Sissies” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”

Jordan played 3 antithetic characters connected 3 antithetic seasons of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story,” recurring successful the “Coven,” “Roanoke” and “1984” installments.

One of Jordan’s astir celebrated roles was his crook arsenic Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram successful the signifier play “Sordid Lives,” which was aboriginal adapted into a 2000 cult romanticist drama movie of the aforesaid name. In 1993, helium created his archetypal autobiographical signifier show, “Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far,” which ran for 7 months off-Broadway astatine the SoHo Playhouse. The play chronicled Jordan’s aboriginal beingness successful Chatanooga, Tenn., and featured the histrion backed by a gospel choir singing satirical songs astir racism and homophobia. At the clip of the play’s production, Variety praised Jordan’s “endearing signifier presence” and called the amusement “bittersweet and hilarious.”

In 2020, Jordan became a societal media phenomenon, gaining millions of Instagram followers owed to his humorous videos posted passim the pandemic.

Jordan released a gospel euphony medium titled “Company’s Comin'” successful 2021 and, aboriginal that year, appeared arsenic a impermanent panelist connected “The Masked Singer,” wherever helium performed gospel modular “This Little Light of Mine.”

An LGBTQ icon, Jordan received GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Timeless Star grant successful 2021. He appeared connected “RuPaul’s Drag Race” arsenic a impermanent justice successful 2013, and again successful 2022 arsenic a impermanent director.

“The satellite is decidedly a overmuch darker spot contiguous without the emotion and airy of Leslie Jordan,” said David Shaul, Jordan’s agent. “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. 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.”

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