The final appearance of guest judge and longtime friend of The Masked Singer competition, Leslie Jordan, had laughs, tears, and — as usual – a few surprises.
28.10.2022 - 20:33 / usmagazine.com
A moving tribute. Call Me Kat honored late star Leslie Jordan with a montage that aired during the sitcom’s Thursday, October 27, episode.
The video began with a snippet of the Emmy winner’s 2021 stint on The Masked Singer, where he appeared as Soft Serve and was a guest panelist. The clip also included moments from Jordan’s time on other Fox shows including Lego Masters, The Cool Kids and Fantasy Island.
“I’m a big believer in celebrating every moment,” the How Y’all Doing? author said at one point in the video, which ended with a title card reading: “Forever a part of the Fox family.”
Jordan, who died on Monday, October 24, at age 67, had starred on Call Me Kat since the show’s first season premiered in January 2021. After his death, Deadline reported that the series paused production, noting that the Will & Grace alum had already filmed nine episodes of season 3.
“There aren’t words to convey the loss we are experiencing as a cast and a Call Me Kat family. Leslie Jordan was larger than life,” Jordan’s costar Mayim Bialik said in a joint statement along with Call Me Kat‘s cast and producers. “He was a Southern gentleman; tender, wise, naughty and hilarious. We got to know and love him at the height of his happiness and joy and it is inconceivable to imagine a world without our Leslie: the man who would spit on his contact lenses before putting them in his eyes, the man who had a story about every man in Hollywood and some of the women as well, the man who lived to make people laugh. We will be taking time to grieve and to celebrate the many gifts Leslie gave to us and to the entire world and we appreciate privacy at this time.”
Jordan had been working in Hollywood since the 1980s, but he rose to a new level of stardom amid
The final appearance of guest judge and longtime friend of The Masked Singer competition, Leslie Jordan, had laughs, tears, and — as usual – a few surprises.
with a touching Instagram message.On November 5, confirmed that former child star and “I Want Candy” singer Aaron Carter was in his California home at 34 years old. No cause of death was reported.“For Aaron—I'm deeply sorry that life was so hard for you and that you had to struggle in front of the whole world,” wrote in an Instagram post on November 5.
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A shocking loss. Leslie Jordan died on Monday, October 24, after a car crash in Los Angeles. He was 67.