Comic and actor Leslie Jordan, 67, killed in automobile incident

Comic actor Leslie Jordan, a primary-time Emmy winner for his job on the hit sitcom “Will & Grace” and a social media feeling through the COVID-19 pandemic, died on Monday in a motor vehicle crash though driving to work in Hollywood, a spokesperson explained. He was 67.

Jordan apparently suffered an unspecified “medical challenge” at the wheel of his automobile, and the auto struck the aspect of a creating on his way to the Warner Bros studio established of the Fox television collection “Call Me Kat,” in accordance to his agent, Don LeClair. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The diminutive actor – he stood just 4 feet, 11 inches (1.5 meters) tall – co-starred on the show as a freshly one gay man doing the job as the head baker at the Louisville, Kentucky, cafe of the direct character, Kat, performed by Mayim Bialik.

The exhibit, in creation for its 3rd year, is largely based mostly on the British sitcom “Miranda.”

Jordan, a Tennessee indigenous, was most effective identified to U.S. tv audiences for his recurring part on the NBC comedy “Will & Grace” as Beverly Leslie, the comically conniving foil of the Karen character played by Megan Mullally. The function gained him an Emmy for most effective guest actor in a comedy series in 2006.

He became well known to a youthful generation of lovers with a sequence of humorous video Instagram posts about day by day existence in quarantine that went viral through the pandemic.

Commonly recognized for his quick stature and Southern accent, his tv credits also bundled visitor appearances on “Murphy Brown” “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Boston Community” and “American Horror Story.”

“The entire world is certainly a a great deal darker area right now with no the appreciate and gentle of Leslie Jordan,” his agent stated in a statement. “Not only was he a mega talent and joy to operate with, but he delivered an psychological sanctuary to the country at one of its most difficult periods. What he lacked in top he produced up for in generosity and greatness as a son, brother, artist, comic, husband or wife and human currently being.”