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King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument (www.the-independent.com)
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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.

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[–] PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 327 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

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

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 241 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The article title is really fucked up for making it seem like it was both sides arguing and it boiling over.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 162 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

I wish I had thought of doing that, thanks! I will join you.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Lemmy is "our" media. Mainstream media is owned by the 1%. It is heavily censored.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 7 points 4 days ago

Corporate media is just misinformation and propaganda.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 85 points 4 days ago

That is genuinely fucking horrifying.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 45 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Omg… this is so horrible. 😢

WTF is wrong with people!

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago

They're Republican.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

They're uneducated and are unable to process empathy, while also being fed a torrent of hateful propaganda

Or like the other guy said, they're Republican

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It's not that they can't process empathy. It's that they're told that empathy makes them weak and unmanly and that if they start to "feel" they need to start smashing shit.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Or like the other guy said, they’re Republican

Rethuglikkklans

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

But you repeat yourself.

[–] Bravo@eviltoast.org 7 points 3 days ago

What's wrong is that some people have decided that they're at war with the rest of us.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Religion plays a big part.

[–] boolean_sledgehammer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Conservative culture creates objectively worse human beings.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

What a tragic story. Hope that fucking loser gets jailed for murder. There have to be consequences for behavior like this

[–] Tja@programming.dev -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it...

[–] PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks, homie. Fixed it for you. I think I let autocorrect get the best of me.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -5 points 3 days ago

His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it...

[–] Tja@programming.dev -5 points 3 days ago

His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it...