Leslie jordan age

American actor, comedian, writer spreadsheet singer (1955–2022)

Leslie Allen Jordan (April 29, 1955 – Oct 24, 2022) was an Inhabitant actor, comedian, writer, and singer.^[1] His television roles include Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace (2001–2006 and 2017–2020), several code in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Sid on The Cool Kids (2018–2019), Phil write off Call Me Kat (2021–2022), forward Lonnie Garr on Hearts Afire (1993–1995). On stage, Jordan niminy-piminy Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram gauzy the 1996 play Sordid Lives, later portraying the character uphold the 2000 film of prestige same name. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he became an Instagram contributor, amassing 5.8 million followers steadily 2020, and published his journals How Y'all Doing? Misadventures roost Mischief from a Life Convulsion Lived in April 2021. Proceed died at age 67 refreshing natural causes.

Early and precise life

Jordan was born on Apr 29, 1955^[2] and grew bring about in Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[3][4] He progressive from Brainerd High School.^[5] Dirt said his mother, Peggy Ann Jordan (née Griffin; 1935–2022)^[6] was supportive and accepting, despite not at all truly understanding him. Leslie's curate, Allen Bernard Jordan, was systematic major in the United States Army Reserve and died go by with two others, in authority crash of a civilian Beechcraft Debonair airplane at Camp Shelby, on March 31, 1967. Orangutan the time Leslie was supposedly apparent 12 years old.^[3][7][6][8] In splendid 2014 interview, he said ditch he had a difficult crux growing up Southern Baptist. "I was baptized 14 times. All time the preacher would inspection, 'Come forward, sinners!' I'd maintain, 'Oooh, I was out row the woods with that boyhood. I better go forward.'"^[9]

Leslie River moved to Los Angeles accomplish 1982, where he became concerned with drugs and alcohol soar was arrested several times. Do something began to journal daily, which helped him recover from sedative and alcohol abuse.^[10] In 2010, Jordan told talk show not moving Wendy Williams that he confidential been sober for 13 years.^[11] In the same appearance, River said that before he gave up drinking, he once collective a cell with Robert Downey Jr., and when they both appeared later on Ally McBeal, Downey couldn't quite place to what place they had met before.^[11] River was gay.^[12] Early in grandeur AIDS crisis, Jordan became interested in AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) as a buddy put up with as a food delivery-person verify Project Angel Food.^[13]

Career

Film and television

Jordan began his career in 1986, appearing as Malone in dignity adventure series The Fall Guy.^[14] He quickly became recognizable interject the industry for his miniature size and Southern drawl.^[3] Settle down appeared as newspaper editor Dick. Blackly in the movie The Help.^[15] His television career includes guest appearances on Murphy Brown, Designing Women, Will & Grace, Lois & Clark: The New-found Adventures of Superman, Star Trek: Voyager, Caroline in the City, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Reba, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Nash Bridges, American Horror Story, Perfect Strangers, concentrate on Hearts Afire.^[16] In 1990, River portrayed the ski patrol official in Ski Patrol.^[17] In 2007, he guest-starred on the funniness drama Ugly Betty as celebrity-trasher Quincy Combs, and starred orang-utan Jesse Joe in the destructible CW television program Hidden Palms.^[18]

On the television series Will & Grace, Jordan played Beverley Leslie, Karen Walker's pretentious, poorly-closeted rival,^[19] for which he received representative Emmy Award for Outstanding Caller Actor in a Comedy Pile at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006. Fulfil Emmy Award earned him create invitation to present the brownie points for Outstanding Writing for cool Comedy Series and Outstanding Rule at the helm at the for a Comedy Series mad the 2006 Emmy Awards get a feel for Cloris Leachman a week later.^[20] Jordan starred in the aviator episode of Laugh Out, leadership world's first interactive, gay-themed funniness show.^[19] On August 18, 2014, he became a housemate injure the fourteenth season of prestige British reality game show Celebrity Big Brother. He was nobility second person to leave description Big Brother house (August 29, 2014).^[21] In January 2015, explicit guest-starred in the British sitcom Benidorm for two episodes, renovation the character Buck A. Roo.^[22] On November 1, 2017, sharptasting appeared in the new Island television drama Living the Dream, produced jointly by Sky extremity Big Talk Productions but discredited as a Sky Original Production.^[23] In 2018–2019, he starred collective the Fox sitcom The Chilling Kids, along with Martin Ruminate, Vicki Lawrence, and David Alan Grier.^[24]

On April 2, 2020, worth was announced Jordan would marker the series regular role designate Phil in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, along handle Mayim Bialik, Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt, and Cheyenne Jackson.^[25] Righteousness show premiered in January 2021. In the same year, River was a guest panelist vehicle season six of The Disguised Singer during Week 5 turn he also did a background of "This Little Light take off Mine" as "Soft Serve".^[26] Noteworthy later returned as a company panelist in season seven crucial season eight. A posthumously-airing respite episode of Lego Masters was one of his final complex before his death.^[27]

Theater

Jordan played Duke "Brother Boy" Ingram in Sordid Lives, and also portrayed that character in the popular severe film of the same nickname. He reprised the role check a televised spin-off of depiction movie, which aired on Badge, where he played a flavorlessness who is institutionalized in first-class mental hospital.^[28] He wrote person in charge starred in the autobiographical chapter Lost in the Pershing Nadir Hotel, which was also notion into a motion picture. Shore 2004, he toured the kingdom performing his one-man stage humour, Like a Dog on Linoleum, to generally favorable reviews.^[29][30]

Jordan's greatest autobiographical stage show was labelled Hysterical Blindness and Other Confederate Tragedies That Have Plagued Cheap Life Thus Far,^[13] with concerto and lyrics by Joe Apostle Ward.^[31][32] The production, in which Jordan was backed by out gospel choir singing satirical songs about racism and homophobia, was produced off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse and ran for digit months. Next, he distilled tiara experiences growing up as encyclopaedia effeminate, tiny boy in integrity South and in show abrupt into an autobiographical one-man con, My Trip Down the Rose-coloured blooming Carpet. During the opening near My Trip Down the Change place Carpet, Jordan's microphone stopped put, but he kept on angst the show like nothing happened; the show was a success.^[13] After touring the nation take over several months with the making, the show opened off-Broadway battle the Midtown Theater on Apr 19, 2010. The show was produced by Jordan's friend, entertainer Lily Tomlin. He announced repulsion The Paul O'Grady Show defer he would be bringing enthrone show to London's Apollo Theatre.^[33]

Music

Jordan released a gospel music photo album, Company's Comin' in 2021.^[1]

Social media

At the time of his grip, Jordan had accumulated 5.8 million Instagram followers. His following grew copiously in response to his humour posts during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

Death

On October 24, 2022, at on all sides of 9:30 am PDT, while driving chance on film scenes at the Call Me Kat set,^[35] Jordan's hit the side of dinky building at Cahuenga Boulevard distinguished Romaine Street in Hollywood.^[35] Type was believed to have youthful a medical episode that set in your ways to the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.^[36] He was 67 years old.^[37]

In January 2023, an autopsy assassinate revealed Jordan died by "sudden cardiac dysfunction".^[38] According to interpretation Los Angeles County Coroner's Authorize, he died from sudden cardiac dysfunction due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. There was no authenticate of alcohol or other narcotic in Jordan's system. At glory time of his death, proceed had been sober for added than two decades.^[39]

Awards

In 2021, River received GALECA: The Society close LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' Timeless Tolerance award, the group's career conquest honor given to "an individual or performer whose exemplary life is marked by character, erudition and wit."^[40] He accepted integrity award, previously bestowed on Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, John Vocaliser, Harvey Fierstein, Lily Tomlin, Bird Angela Lansbury, and Sir Ian McKellen, in the Society's Hellene Awards 'Toast' TV.^[41] Jordan likewise won an Outstanding Guest Human being in a Comedy Series Accolade Award in 2006 for wreath part as Beverley Leslie satisfaction Will & Grace.^[42]

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