Jonathan Joss, an amateur on “King of the Hill” who accurate John Redcorn, died in a cutting on Sunday, San Antonio badge accepted to Variety. He was 59.

San Antonio admiral were accomplished to a cutting in advance at a home on Sunday night about 7 p.m. When they accustomed at the scene, they begin Joss abreast the alley afterwards he was attempt assorted times. The admiral attempted life-saving measures until medics arrived, but Joss was arresting asleep at the scene. The ballista fled in a agent but was bedfast by admiral a block abroad and appointed for murder. The analysis is still ongoing. TMZ, which bankrupt the news, appear that Joss was attempt by a acquaintance afterwards a disagreement.

“My bedmate Jonathan Joss and I were complex in a cutting while blockage the mail at the armpit of our above home. That home was austere bottomward afterwards over two years of threats from bodies in the breadth who again told us they would set it on fire. We appear these threats to law administration assorted times and annihilation was done,” de Gonzales wrote. “Throughout that time we were addled consistently by individuals who fabricated it bright they did not acquire our relationship. Much of the aggravation was aboveboard homophobic. When we alternate to the armpit to analysis our mail we apparent the skull of one of our dogs and its accouter placed in bright view. This acquired both of us astringent affecting distress. We began babble and arrant in acknowledgment to the affliction of what we saw. While we were accomplishing this a man approached us. He started babble agitated homophobic slurs at us. He again aloft a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not aggressive anyone. We were grieving. We were continuing ancillary by side. When the man accursed Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He adored my life.”

Joss accurate John Redcorn from Season 2 through Season 13 of “King of the Hill” and already recorded curve for the accessible awakening of the accepted activated series. He’ll be apparent in Episode 2 of the show’s accessible Season 14, and possibly added episodes above that. (Joss took over the role from aboriginal amateur Victor Aaron afterwards he died in 1996 in a car accident.)

“Jonathan Joss brought ‘King of the Hill’s’ ‘John Redcorn’ to activity for over a dozen seasons, including in the accessible revival,” said “King of the Hill” creators Mike Judge, Greg Daniels and Saladin Patterson in a collective statement. “His articulation will be absent at ‘King of the Hill,’ and we extend our centermost condolences to Jonathan’s accompany and family.”

Joss was best afresh apparent in accessible on Friday during a “King of the Hill” reunion/revival console at the ATX Television Festival in Austin. Midway through the panel, as producers Judge and Daniels discussed the afterlife of aboriginal brilliant and biographer Johnny Hardwick, Joss approached an admirers microphone unannounced and mentioned Hardwick afore cogent anger at not actuality arrive onstage. He additionally told the army that he had afresh absent his home in San Antonio to a fire. Afterwards a few moments, he alternate to his bench and the console resumed.

“King of the Hill” was created by Judge and Daniels in 1997 on Fox. It ran until 2009 and aired added than 250 episodes. Added than a decade later, a awakening of the appearance is set to premiere on Hulu on Aug. 4, it was appear aftermost week.

Joss additionally had a alternating role in “Parks and Recreation” as Chief Ken Hotate and appeared in films and shows like “Tulsa King,” “Ray Donovan,” “True Grit,” “The Magnificent Seven” and more.