Actor was also known for playing Chief Ken Hotate on ‘Parks and Recreation’

King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss has died aged 59 after a shooting in Texas, police have confirmed.

Joss was the voice of John Redcorn for seasons two through 13 of the popular animated series. He had reportedly recorded bits for the show’s reboot, which recently began production for Hulu and is slated to premiere in August.

The actor was reportedly shot multiple times over the weekend after a disagreement with a neighbor, according to TMZ. San Antonio police responded to a home after reports of shots fired and found Joss near the road with gunshot wounds, according to Variety.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 days ago

    According to his husband’s posts on social media, these neighbors had subjected them to homophobic harassment and threats to burn down their home before now. And when they returned to find the skull of their dog out in plain view and started to cry, the neighbor came and killed Jonathan. His husband said he blocked the shot and saved his life.

    What do you fucking do about a community like that? These people don’t exist in isolation. It’s scary as fuck and a heartbreaking way to start pride month.

    • archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
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      16 days ago

      and yet I have people telling me I’m overreacting when I say we’re sleepwalking into the next holocaust in this country, only instead of Jews it will be hispanics, trans people, gay people, and autistic people made out to be subhumans to be purged.

      The Nazis didn’t start with gas chambers, first they had to rile the population up to hate Jews all on their own – or to regard the disabled as “parasites”. Meanwhile in the present, we have politicians calling gay and trans people “groomers” and brainworms jackass calling autistic people, essentially, hopeless.

      get ready, this sort of thing is only going to get more common. And if it doesn’t happen quickly enough, it’s entirely likely the brownshirts MAGAts will “help it along”.

        • uuldika@lemmy.ml
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          16 days ago

          eh, sorta. the books the Nazis burned in that famous photograph were the library of Magnus Hirschfeld, a Jewish sexologist who studied and supported trans people, and who even hired some as his assistants. did the Nazis burn his books because he supported trans people, or because he was a Jew? both, I think. the Nazis practiced intersectional hatred. they accused Hirschfeld of promoting degeneracy to undermine Aryan society, an anti-Semitic trope that continues today.

          gay and trans people were sent to concentration camps, but not usually to the death camps.

          likewise, the predecessor to the NSDAP specifically singled out Jews in its founding document, but (afaik) not homosexuals.

          this is my recollection anyway, as a trans woman who’s a potential convert.

          • archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
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            16 days ago

            There’s also Ernst Rohm and (full disclosure I can’t remember names or where I read this but I’m positive I did) several other members of the Nazi party having “proclivities” that were turned a blind eye as long as they continued to be good little Nazis (and, eventually, Rohm wasn’t useful any longer – but his murder had little to do with him being gay). Indeed, much like Hitler and Rohm, I’m sure Trump himself doesnt hold much ill will towards gay people overall on account of Roy Cohn (granted he holds ill will towards everyone poor but that’s a different conversation). It’s all the other people in his orbit that scare the fuck out of me as a gay guy.

            • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              16 days ago

              Trump certainly has no problem with people who cross-dress. If you haven’t already, search teh intarwebs for “Trump Giuliani drag”. It’s a real thing.

      • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        There is a powerful key difference nowadays, two if you broke it down into its component parts:

        1. Information is much, MUCH easier to come by and because of that while hate and intolerance continues to be widespread you also see a larger number of at least partially informed people on average.

        2. Hitler got most of Germany to at least openly state they were on his side in some form. The U.S. is a rather large country and hugely diverse and growing more sharply outspoken by people who were once quiet, on both sides.

        I also know that Trump doesn’t have the charisma of Hitler and we are not a Nation still reeling from the economic effects of a World War.

        However, that is not to say this won’t get worse. It just won’t be a blanket with pockets of resistance. More likely entire States will stand, as many already are. I just hope we the people decide to unite and do what we must before it gets worse.

        • Stillwater@sh.itjust.works
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          16 days ago

          For your first point, I’d say while there is more information there’s also much more disinformation. I’m not sure which is winning, but I think it might not be the one we want.

  • PaulBunyan@lemm.eeEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
    Husband of Jonathan Joss

    My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

    Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

    When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

    While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.
    Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

    Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

    He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.
    I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

    To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

    My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

    If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

    Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

    • Tristan Kern de Gonzales

    From Jonathan Joss’s Facebook post

  • Cocopanda@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    If someone burned down that racists home. I would donate to their court case if they were caught.