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Comedian Leslie Jordan’s Cause of Death Is Revealed
The amusement indispensable spell on, adjacent erstwhile it hurts.
It's been 3 months since Leslie Jordan tragically passed distant astatine the property of 67 following a car accident, but his sitcom Call Me Kat is officially acceptable to prosecute his replacement.
On the upcoming Jan. 26 episode, the Fox bid volition beryllium introducing Jordan's feline café fill-in played by 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer.
"Well, the hunt is over. We yet recovered our caller baker. This is Gideon," Mayim Bialik's Kat says successful a teaser to the remainder of the formed astatine the Middle C soft bar, including those played by Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt, Julian Gant and Cheyenne Jackson.
While there's nary connection connected whether McBrayer volition beryllium Jordan's imperishable replacement oregon conscionable a impermanent fix, the quality does people a reunion for McBrayer and Jackson aft their clip connected 30 Rock together.
On the Jan. 5 episode, the amusement bid farewell to his quality Phil with a peculiar quality by Dolly Parton. Additionally, the Oct. 27 occurrence was dedicated to Jordan's representation and honored his beingness with a video tribute of his clip connected different bid specified arsenic The Masked Singer, Fantasy Island, The Cool Kids and Lego Masters.
Jordan had starred in Call Me Kat since its debut successful 2021. While the comedian died successful an Oct. 24 car accident, his origin of decease was ruled a "sudden cardiac dysfunction," according to an autopsy from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office obtained by E! News connected Jan. 19.
Following his abrupt death, Bialik celebrated her co-star and friend. "There aren't words to convey the nonaccomplishment we are experiencing arsenic a Call Me Kat family," she wrote connected Instagram. "Leslie Jordan was larger than life. He was a Southern gentleman; tender, wise, naughty and hilarious. We got to cognize and emotion him astatine the tallness of his happiness and joyousness and it is inconceivable to ideate a satellite without our Leslie."
Call Me Kat airs Thursdays connected Fox.
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