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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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[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 75 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I really despise the usage of 'Argument' here in the title. It does not do the situation justice. As far as i'm aware this wasn't an Argument. it was entirely one sided. The perpetrator just walked up and started being homophobic before shooting him. It was a murder and to call it anything less is just being dishonest.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This was after someone set his house on fire, which killed his 3 dogs. And then someone took one of the skulls and a leash and set it up where they'd be seen. So when Joss and his husband came back and were mourning, THEN his neighbor came out and started shouting slurs at them while waiving a fun around.

But no this was an argument between two equally at fault rational people. Definitely not a homophobic hate crime on the first day of pride month.

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[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 159 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Giving some attention to some sources that worded it better

'King Of The Hill' Star Shot Dead In Homophobic Attack, Partner Says
https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/king-kill-star-shot-dead-homophobic-attack-partner-says

'King of the Hill' Actor Killed
Husband Claims Homophobia Fueled Shooting Murder
https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/02/jonathan-joss-husband-tristan-kern-de-gonzales-shooting-statement/

Husband of slain ‘King of the Hill’ actor Jonathan Joss says neighbor was homophobic
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/06/02/jonathan-joss-king-of-the-hill-shot-killed-neighbor/

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

“He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men living each other,” Gonzales wrote in a Facebook post. “I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.”

God damn :(

[–] millie@slrpnk.net 51 points 6 days ago (10 children)

That's a weird spelling of "hate-crime".

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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 55 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The wiki article on his death says that the San Antonio PD is saying that there was no evidence of hate crime up to that point, but if this was ongoing for literal years over 300+ incidents, i find that hard to believe. They need an outside-led investigation into that county PD.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Is it sad that my first suspicion is that it simply doesn't meet the local legal definition of a hate crime because the laws are probably written to protect white people only?

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[–] b3an@lemmy.world 48 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

I got a three day ban on Reddit after saying something about ‘human blenderizing’ the dude who did this.

It’s not even a real word, nor even an actual real object. I fucking hate Reddit. I wish Lemmy had more traffic.

RIP 🪦 We will miss you.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This post has ~800 upvotes and ~150 comments. Lemme is doing great. It would be nice if the smaller communities were bigger, but there was a point on Reddit probably around 2015ish where it became too many people. I am enjoying this way more. Making a comment doesn't feel like shouting into a crowd of shouting people the way that Reddit does. There is actual conversation.

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago

Lemmy has plenty. It needs some polish but I've never looked back after the day I got rid of Reddit.

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[–] Buske@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago

argument? the dude was being threated for MONTHS.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 48 points 6 days ago (3 children)

His death was so brutal. I hope people in San Antonio schedule a pride march in the voice actors neighborhood.

Also, I really think there should be a neighborhood watch or civilian guard force where lgtbq populace can ask for help or support when they're being harassed. Like a civilian neighborhood watch app.

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[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago (27 children)

If someone burned down that racists home. I would donate to their court case if they were caught.

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[–] shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee 44 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Live in the area and currently in the process of getting out due to things like this. Wouldn’t be shocked at all if Abbott pardoned the killer.

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[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 days ago

How FUCKED UP in the head do you have to be to do something like this.

What the actual FUCK.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Probably perpetrated by some dumb straight Christians.

But the reporting on this will focus more on the fact that the victim was ingenious and/or gay, than what's going on with the shooter.

But we get headlines like "trans person sentenced to (insert punishment) for (insert random crime)" or something similar whenever anyone from the LGBTQ+ community acts out.

You'll never see "straight man shoots a person because the shooter was a dick" or anything similar.

Fucking double standards.

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can find stupid people in every part of the world. Allowing every idiot to have a firearm is only possible in a country that is run by gun dealers.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 6 days ago

We live in a society where this happens and it's just one of those things. People shouldn't be used to this.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Guns are not a solution to an argument. Morons.

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[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago

This makes me very sad.

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