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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Another article for those having issues with the TMZ site:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jonathan-joss-fatally-shot-1.7550346

I was looking at the Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Joss

On January 23, 2025, Joss lost his San Antonio home, as well as three dogs (with a fourth missing) when his house caught fire.[8][9] Joss says he was using a propane heater and had left the house. “Mistakes happen, man. And it’s my fault for, I guess, leaving something on,” Joss said. “Or if somebody came in and did something, who knows?” [8] He attended the 2025 ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas with other King of the Hill cast members on May 29, 2025.[7] However, he says he was not invited to the panel, and an attendee on the social media site Reddit says that Joss interrupted the King of the Hill panel, bringing up his house burning down which he felt was intentionally burned down because of his homosexuality.

On June 1, 2025, Joss was approached by a neighbor who allegedly yelled homophobic slurs at Joss before shooting and killing him. The suspect was arrested shortly afterward.[7][10][11][12] The two neighbors have been subject to a longstanding feud going back years with police being called multiple times.[13] His death occurred just hours after he uploaded an Instagram video of himself walking around Austin and noting how he already recorded lines for 4 King of the Hill episodes.

Kern de Gonzales stated on Instagram afterwards that various people in the area had for years verbally assaulted them with homophobic slurs and threats to burn down their home.[14] Kern de Gonzales went on to say that the house had burned down after years of threats from their neighbors, threats to which the police had not responded, even after the threats had been reported by Gonzales and Joss.[11] On Joss' Facebook page, Kern de Gonzales described the attack as a homophobic hate crime.

San Antonio Police Department released a statement saying "Our investigation has found no evidence whatsoever to indicate that the Mr. Joss's murder was related to his sexual orientation."

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Texas Oblast and their stand your ground BS.

[–] Retreaux@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This wasn't "stand your ground" it was targeted harassment, animal abuse, and hate crime.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dang, King of the Hill cast had so many deaths.

Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Jonathan Joss, Tom Petty, ...

kingofthehill.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Deceased_Actors :|

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how this is going to affect the reboot. Are they going to write out John Redcorn, or hire a new voice actor? He's in the intro so I imagine they planned on him returning to the show.

[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd image they would be recorded by now, most animation takes a long time. Plus about half the lines for dale we're recorded before he was recast.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That actor died just after they started production.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

God damn, maybe the reboot is cursed.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

A lot of the cast is in fact dead.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit, I don't know what's on that website but even with an adblocker it pegged my CPU until I closed it.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

TMZ. I already know the website is shit before clicking anything.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Arm yourself shoot first

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