Beloved Actor Leslie Jordan’s Cause of Death Has Been Revealed
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Actor Leslie Jordan, the much beloved former Will & Grace star who had enjoyed new levels of incredible fame on Instagram in recent years’ cause of death has been revealed following an autopsy report.
Jordan died of sudden cardiac dysfunction and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease during his Oct. 24 car crash, the LA coroner confirmed Thursday to The New York Post.
The coroner’s report revealed two of Jordan’s arteries were significantly blocked. Authorities said Jordan had recently started seeing a doctor for heart-related issues and taking medication. No drugs or alcohol were detected, according to the findings, which noted Jordan had been sober for 24 years.
Sources told TMZ at the time that Jordan had complained of shortness of breath before booking an appointment with a cardiologist he was due to see the month he died.
The Tennessee native, who arrived in LA by bus in 1982, had a long Hollywood career with memorable roles in Hearts Afire, American Horror Story and The Cool Kids.
Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker on NBC’s Will and Grace was one of many co-stars to pay tribute to Jordan.
“Leslie Jordan was, hands down, one of the greats. People use that expression a lot, and I’m not sure it’s always applicable. There aren’t that many people who are truly great at anything. But Leslie was flawlessly funny, a virtuoso of comedy. His timing, his delivery, all apparently effortless,” Mullally posted on Instagram.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan found viral fame with his hilarious videos, which chronicled his fitness strategies, such as turning a backscratcher into a baton, and his attempts to buy a 300-piece puzzle he had not completed.
One of the most hysterical Instagram posts he did during the pandemic was when we were all binge watching The Tiger King and his comments on “poor little meth mouth.”
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Jordan remains very missed.
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One of the best tributes to Jordan came from Will & Grace writer/director Jeff Greenstein, who reflected on Twitter on how Jordan came into everyone’s lives as Karen Walker’s nemesis, in the character of Beverly Leslie.
