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Queer Eye Star Tom Jackson Dead astatine 63
Jonathan Van Ness is paying tribute to a subordinate of the Queer Eye family.
Days aft it was announced that play 1 alum Tom Jackson had died, the show's hair adept reflected connected his passing.
"He's specified a saccharine person, and evidently anytime you suffer anyone it's truly sad," Jonathan exclusively told E! News astatine TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney's 365th Day of Girlhood solemnisation successful New York March 13. "I emotion his family. Like, his girl is truthful sweet. Chandler is a grandson, truthful sweet. So, conscionable sending each of our emotion and our prayers to their household arsenic they spell done this unsmooth time."
Tom died connected March 3 pursuing his conflict with metastatic adenocarcinoma, according to his obituary. He was 63 years old. Queer Eye's authoritative societal media accounts informed fans of Tom's decease March 8.
"It's with a dense bosom that we accidental goodbye to a subordinate of our Queer Eye family," an Instagram post from the Netflix bid read. "Rest successful peace, Tom Jackson."
After proceeding the news, respective of the show's stars paid tribute, with Jonathan penning "RIP Tom" successful the comments. Fashion expert Tan France also expressed however this is "such incredibly bittersweet news," and location designer Bobby Berk added, "RIP Tom. Having a Redneck Margarita successful your honor."
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Tom appeared successful the reboot's precise archetypal occurrence "You Can't Fix Ugly," which premiered successful 2018.
"A item of Tom's beingness was being formed connected the Netflix show, 'Queer Eye,'" his obituary read. "He enjoyed the notoriety and shared his acquisition with whoever would listen!"
The obituary noted the motortruck operator from Georgia is survived by his daughter Katie Phelps, his grandsons Chandler and Watson Phelps, his sisters Kozetta (Jeff) Stewart and Jackie Lynn Childers and respective different household members. It besides stated that a solemnisation of beingness was held connected March 12.
"In lieu of flowers," the obituary read, "please ticker play 1, occurrence 1 of Queer Eye on Netflix and archer others astir it successful grant of Tom."
- Reporting by Charles O'Keefe
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