Actor Leslie Jordan perishes in a vehicle accident at age 67.

At the age of 67, actor Leslie Jordan passed away on Monday in Los Angeles following an automobile accident.

According to law enforcement officials who spoke to TMZ and later the Los Angeles Times, the adored actor may have experienced a medical emergency prior to ramming his BMW into the side of a Hollywood skyscraper.

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Known for his work on Will & Grace, American Horror Story, and Hearts Afire, Jordan discovered newfound popularity at age 65 when the pandemic unintentionally made him an online star. After years of working as a gig actress, the petite celebrity, who stood 4'11" in shoes, found a new following by posting gossipy, personable daily videos to Instagram.

The absence of Leslie Jordan's love and light has undoubtedly made the world a much darker place, according to Jordan's agent David Shaul. In addition to being a huge talent and a pleasure to work with, he gave the country an emotional haven through one of its most trying moments.

The Help, The Cool Kids, and Call Me Kat, a version of the British hit Miranda that is now running its third season on Fox, are among among the seasoned actor's credentials. His performance as Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram in the stage play Sordid Lives, which was later turned into a cult romantic comedy film of the same name in 2000, won him praise from critics.

Jordan, who was born in Tennessee in 1955, was brought up a Southern Baptist in the Chattanooga suburbs' middle class neighborhood. When he was 11 years old, his father, a lieutenant colonel in the US army, perished in an aircraft crash.

He struggled as an adolescent to reconcile his sexuality with the religion of his upbringing. "I so wanted to be a good Christian, I honestly did," he told the Guardian in 2021. "I did my best to live according to Christ's teachings, but then the whole LGBT thing started occurring. When I was 17 years old, I abandoned religion.

He used comedy as a kind of self-preservation, saying that "even now, if I meet someone and I'm not comfortable or not ready to open up, I'll simply make them laugh." I won't have to allow them in then. I was therefore teased at school, but I always had a response.

In 1982, Jordan relocated to Los Angeles and began working in commercials before moving on to roles in movies and television. He worked with Project Angel Food in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, a nonprofit that provides food to those with HIV/AIDS.

On Monday, as soon as the news of Jordan's passing was verified, condolences poured in.