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.
how long before this fucked up administration treats that psychopath as a hero. Jesus Christ
GoFundMe is already set up, probably.
GoFundMe is already set up, probably.
GoFundMe is already set up, probably.
Texas is now Iran.
Texas is a dumpster fire with barbecue.
🌍🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
at least Iran was a modern and civil place before US meddling. don’t know if there was ever a time to say the same for Texas.
Yup. Texas, OTOH, seceded from Mexico because Mexico outlawed slavery and Texas had a problem with that, and the US was like, “Come on in, brother.”
It’s funny how they never tell you why Texas declared independence in school…
By the time you’re old enough to ask “why,” they’ve subjected you to enough propaganda to ensure it doesn’t even occur to you to do so.
I didn’t know that!
Yeah, I didn’t either until recently. Like I said, they don’t like to tell you why Texas seceded from Mexico in school. They just like to tell you how heroic the battle of the Alamo was.
Dam dog that one hits hard. Iran WAS better at some point. Wtf Texas.
I remember one time I got into a fight (that I didn’t start) and was so scared that I was ready to kill him in case they had a gun. I snapped out of it. But it still bothers me to think about.
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.
Pardoned? That would imply a persecution first. I highly doubt probation will even be doled out.
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/“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 :(
This is something mentally ill people do. Racism alone doesn’t account for mounting their dead dogs heads, burning down their home and then killing them.
Weak ass title for a planned murder, hate crime, with animal cruelty.
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.
The only good Republican is a dead Republican.
Regressives, Call them degraded regressives.
Then nobody will know who you’re talking about if they aren’t terminally online.
Texas has made noises about succession in the past, they still seem to think they’re exceptional in some way. But here’s where I’m at, if this relationship isn’t working, why are we waiting for them to leave? We should just dump them. “It’s not me, it’s you. Just leave the key, don’t forget your toothbrush”.
Seriously though, we should just drop some states from the union.
On that note, what has Alabama done for me lately?
Secession, the other word means following someone in a role
Thanks!
I’d blame autocorrect, but blaming my own carelessness would be more honest ;-)
A homophobia-fueled pre-meditated murder is not simply a “disagreement.”
For those that are wondering, he voiced John Redcorn.
A homophobia-fueled pre-meditated murder is not simply a “disagreement.”
All amerikkkan media is owned by the fascists/bigots/rascists/kkk/oligarchs
The Independent is from Britain
But I agree the headline is weak
Too bad there had to be an argument or disagreement…
…about whether the victim(s) crying over their dead dog in front of their burned down house deserved to live?
I wonder what the chances are that the fire, the dog skull, and the murder were all the same shithead.
I’m now seeing firsthand why folks across the pond keep making snarky comments about The Independent being a Tory tag…
I wonder what the chances are that the fire, the dog skull, and the murder were all the same shithead.
Very high. And he’s probably buddies with the homophobic cops who dismissed years of reports of the threats to do those three things. And the same cops who have already “determined” that there was no hate crime.
Although I don’t think those cops have realized yet that he was on other popular shows like Parks and Rec as well. And famous people are speaking out. Meaning there will be a lot more scrutiny and they can’t just shrug and sweep it under the rug this time.
Joss was a gay native man. Hell I could stop at native and the cops would already be looking to do anything other than help.
Some of those who burn crosses, hold office.
I hate this stupid fucking bigoted ass country.
And some of those who burn crosses, are the same that work forces.
And this happened less than 3 days after everyone was pumped to see him back in the King of the Hill reboot. https://youtu.be/R189-YSWvsY
Fuck the absolute psychopath that took this man’s life.
If I was Mike Judge, I’d pull the whole revival and then just re-edit all the footage into a 20-episode long tribute to Johnathan Joss.
It took me a while to connect that his death was this incident. The media portrayed two different stories.
“John redcorn voice actor dead”
“Gay man killed in argument”
God bless gun rights
Title is a lie. He was shot for crying over his dead dogs skull being placed near the mailbox of the recently burned down home they moved out of and shot by one of the homophobes who threatned to burn down said house who was also screaming slurs at him, while pushing his husband out of the path of the gun, saving his life. This was ALL preventable but the police force there allowed it to happen despite multiple years of reports.
I bet you a million dollars the murderer believes himself a good Christian.
No one is going to bet against you. Those are negative odds.
He was shot for crying over his dead dogs skull being placed near the mailbox of the recently burned down home they moved out of and shot by one of the homophobes
Seriously… fuck the US, fuck that country, fuck it.
I hate that I’m going to be visiting the US for an MRI soon (I didn’t want to wait up to 9+ months, sadly). It’s only 20 minutes away from the border but it’s still too far into USA. Damn it all.
This was ALL preventable but the police force there allowed it to happen despite multiple years of reports.
If I lived in America and was LGBTQ I’d be buying a gun right now, and this comes from someone who has always been anti-gun
A gun doesn’t save you if you don’t know they have one until they shoot first.
At this point it’s safe to assume every homophobe is armed and react accordingly.
But then they’ll just make defending yourself against armed violent and threatening homophobes a hate crime.
Frankly I don’t think it would matter at that point since they’ll hate us for no reason no matter how well we behave. Altho, I may or may not have been a little too angry when I made that comment, because after all guns aren’t the only means of defense and I don’t think I want people to have the guilt of killing someone over them, even if it was in self-defense.
The homophobe was coming right for us. I feared for my life. It was self defense.
If i lived in america i’d sell my gun to get out of that shithole as soon as possible.
Almost everyone I know is broke. No country takes broke people. I could leave any day if I’m only willing to abandon everyone who cares about me
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This is what my LGBTQ neighbors are actually doing.
I’m staying, not because I want to - but because I have a lot of friends and family who can’t afford to, and if push comes to shove, my savings are going towards helping them get out too.
You overestimate how much guns cost here. You’re not even renting a U-Haul with that.
I mean I agree with the first part of your statement. He is greatly overestimating the cost of a gun. But a decent piece will cost you 300-500 bucks. Uhauls are 70 bucks a day?
That’s what I’m telling all my LGBTQ friends in the US who are not at risk of suicide. You can’t afford to be neutral in an arms race, especially when the enforcers of possible gun bans are all buddies with the people that shouldn’t have guns.
I feel bad for any progressives living in conservative neighborhoods (street city or state)
I feel bad for any progressives living in conservative neighborhoods (street city or state)
The entire country is either right wing or insane far right wing… where else are people supposed to go to live in peace from these insane fascist freaks?
