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.

  • @PaulBunyan@lemm.eeEnglish
    329•2 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

      • @andros_rex@lemmy.world
        163•3 days ago

        That’s what they do. Our media absolutely covers for hate crimes right now.

        I sent an email to their complaint department about the headline. Not likely to do anything, but I’ll still be annoying.

        • hypnotoadEnglish
          66•3 days ago

          Posted this. Thanks for the idea!

          Shame on your organization.

          You ran an article titled “King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot in Texas after argument with neighbor” and just conveniently left out the fact that there was no argument, just an active hate crime. You failed to mention the years of police reports, the context of the situation, or the open letter penned by his husband who was there, witnessed the murder, and heard the man yelling homophobic slurs as he shot at two completely unarmed non threatening men on their own property.

          Organizations like yours protect the shit police forces, the bigots, the lowlives of our society. Decisions like this show where you stand. You’re cowards; cowards protect other cowards.

          Disgusting.

          Pathetic.

          Shameful.

          I hope you actually ponder this one for a second. I know you won’t, but got dang, find a moral or two. Y’all suck. This man deserved better; we deserve better. Even you deserve better.

    • WrenM
      44•3 days ago

      Omg… this is so horrible. 😢

      WTF is wrong with people!