RIP Jonathon Jones (John Redcorn, "King of the Hill")

[kajnrig]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/arts/television/jonathan-joss-king-of-the-hill-killed.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.ayda.ZkQ3gdP3LTpp&smid=url-share

 

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Jonathan Joss, the actor best known for his voice work on the animated television show “King of the Hill,” was shot and killed by a neighbor on Sunday night during a dispute in San Antonio, the authorities said.

Mr. Joss, who was 59, voiced John Redcorn on “King of the Hill” and also appeared in “Parks and Recreation,” “Ray Donovan” and “Tulsa King.”

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Mr. Joss, who was of Apache and Comanche descent, often played Native American roles during his roughly three-decade acting career.

His most famous one was the character of John Redcorn on the animated series “King of the Hill,” a Native American masseur and New Age healer who carries on a lengthy affair with Nancy Hicks-Gribble that leads to a baby. He appeared in 34 episodes of the show from 1997 to 2009, according to IMDb, the entertainment database. Mr. Joss was set to return to the role in the show’s upcoming revival, Variety reported, which will premiere on Hulu in August.

From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Joss appeared in five episodes of the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” as a Native American chief, Ken Hotate.

Mr. Joss also played smaller parts in the movie “True Grit” and the television shows “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “Friday Night Lights.”

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:57 AM by kajnrig

[Duke Togo]

24 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Jonathan Joss, the actor best known for his voice work on the animated television show “King of the Hill,” was shot and killed by a neighbor on Sunday night during a dispute in San Antonio, the authorities said.

Dispute? It was a hate crime.

[Big s]

I had just seen a thing about this earlier. The details sound extreme. Definitely a hate crime.

Such a horrible set of incidents and taken away just before the new season was about to air. His lines were already recorded, but it’s gonna be tough to watch and hear his voice after all this

[Tking22]

Holy crap this is awful, RIP, why does this series have such an odd, dark past with losing cast? Either way, definitely a hate crime, I hope the worthless SOB gets life, that's insane, the details about this situation just get worse and worse, seems he was dealing with some awful discrimination for quite a while. 

[Big s]

5 hours ago, Tking22 said:

Holy crap this is awful, RIP, why does this series have such an odd, dark past with losing cast? Either way, definitely a hate crime, I hope the worthless SOB gets life, that's insane, the details about this situation just get worse and worse, seems he was dealing with some awful discrimination for quite a while. 

It seems like an insane situation to have had to deal with and nobody needs to go through any of it. 

[jenius]

I think there's a lot more to this story. Neighbors claim he had his power shut off and was heating his home via a fire pit before it burned down? Sounds like there might be lots of crazy in that neighborhood. Gives me a healthy appreciation for my sane and friendly neighbors.

[Hikuro]

It's been big news in my area last 24 hours, I live just north of San Antonio not to far. From the sounds of it his house burnt down due to the really cold temps we tend to get over the last few years. He'd been using Propane (no pun intended) to heat up his home but it still wasn't enough. So he and his partner stayed at a hotel to stay warm. He was on his way back to the house to check on his 4 dogs when the house was on fire. Cause of the fire was supposedly determined to be the propane space heater however Joss claimed it was vandalism due to he being gay and often having trouble with various people in the area because of that. I can rather believe the heater being the issue as a very similar incident happened with my dad 6 years ago resulting in his home being burnt down and losing several of his dogs. These things happen when you don't think about it.

Now, this incident occurred I think back several months, and you roll into yesterday where he was coming to the property to pick up mail where his dispute with his neighbor began. I find it rather odd he's still picking up mail from an area that's no longer livable and not sent somewhere else. But I guess this so called neighbor has had various issues with Joss in the past, rumors are they'd shot at eachother before, I mean this is Texas and all that. But I guess things went to far this time and here we are. 

 

[Thom]

Man, that is terrible! WTF is going on?! I will never understand being so angry about someone hardly being any different to go to such extremes. It's monstrous and hope he spends the rest of his life in jail.

Edited Tuesday at 11:56 PM by Thom

[Old_Nash_II]

Godspeed Redcorn 😢

Edited yesterday at 01:46 AM by Old_Nash_II