‘Queer Eye’ fan favourite Tom Jackson dies at 63

“Queer Eye” star Tom Jackson, who received the hearts of followers throughout the nation after his story was featured within the reboot collection’ first season, has died on the age of 63, the present introduced.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we are saying goodbye to a member of our Queer Eye household. Relaxation in peace, Tom Jackson,” the present stated in a put up on its official Instagram, sharing a collection of photographs from Jackson’s episode.

Fab 5 member Tan France commented on the put up, writing, “Such extremely unhappy information.”

Jonathan Van Ness wrote, “RIP Tom,” with a purple coronary heart emoji.

An on-line obituary for Jackson confirmed that he died on March 3 after dropping his battle with metastatic adenocarcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma is a most cancers that begins within the glands that line the insides of the organs, per Metropolis of Hope’s web site. As soon as it spreads to different elements of the physique, it’s known as metastatic.

In line with his obituary, Jackson was born in Ashland, Kentucky, on December 20, 1959. He’s survived by his daughter, Katie (R.J.) Phelps, two grandsons, Chandler and Watson Phelps, sisters, Kozetta (Jeff) Stewart and Jackie Lynn Childers, as effectively a number of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

“Tom completely cherished being a Papaw to his two grandsons who have been his pleasure and pleasure. A spotlight of Tom’s life was being forged on the Netflix present, ‘Queer Eye,’” the obit stated. “He loved the notoriety and shared his expertise with whoever would pay attention!”

Jackson received viewers’ hearts within the first episode titled “You Can’t Repair Ugly” of the newly-revamped “Queer Eye,” which premiered on Netflix on Feb. 7, 2018. In it, Jackson obtained his life revamped by France, Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk and Antoni Porowski. The people who find themselves given the makeovers on the present are known as “heroes.”

In his episode, the hosts helped him efficiently reconcile together with his ex-wife, Abby Parr.

The 2 would go on to get engaged and married for a second time months after the discharge of the episode. Nevertheless, in 2019, Jackson revealed on Twitter that he and Parr had divorced.

Jackson’s obituary stated: “We are going to always remember our beloved Tom. He introduced pleasure, humor, persistence, and like to our household. He’s particular to us, and we sit up for seeing him once more in the future.”