RIP, Johnny.
Posted on 08/10/2023 10:58:21 AM PDT by algore
King of the Hill star Johnny Hardwick has died aged 59.
The talented voice actor - who played Hank Hill's conspiracy theorist next door neighbor Dale Gribble on the iconic animated series in 258 episodes from 1997-2010 - was found dead at his home in Texas on Tuesday after police were called for a welfare check and found his body.
Hardwick was pronounced dead at the scene with no foul play suspected - the cause of death is currently unknown, reports TMZ.
Hardwick also served as a staff writer, story editor, and producer for the show, scoring four Prime Time Emmy nominations.
In 1999 he won an Emmy Award for his work as a producer on King of the Hill.
Hardwick was a native of Austin, Texas and attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, graduating with a BS degree in journalism.
He then worked as a bartender for a decade in blues bars in Dallas and Austin, before beginning his stand-up comedy career in 1990.
He became the first stand-up comedian to appear on the Jon Stewart Show.
In 1995, an appearance at the Montreal Comedy Festival led to a chance meeting with NBC president Brandon Tartikoff who offered him a sitcom. However NBC was uninterested in Hardwick's pitch for a Green Acres and Get A Life-inspired show.
Hardwick signed with the Strauss-McGarr agency and began a successful stand-up career performing all over the USA.
After a gig at the Laugh Factory in LA, in which he performed a skit about his father, he was approached by television writer and producer Greg Daniels and Beavis and Butt-Head's Mike Judge who were creating King of the Hill.
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R.I.P Prayers for family and friends.
Suddenly?
Aw, man. One of my favorite characters. RIP.
the vax
Damn that sucks he was one of my favorites on that show RIP
or inhaled propane
Is it?
RIP, Johnny.
Found dead on Tuesday.
News leaked on Thursday.
Okaaaay...
I’m so sad to hear this. What a great character and a great show. Rest in peace, Rusty Shackleford.
Dale Alvin Gribble (born July 12, 1953) is a fictional character in the Fox animated series King of the Hill,[2] voiced by Johnny Hardwick. He is an exterminator, bounty hunter, owner of Daletech, chain smoker, gun fanatic, and paranoid believer of almost all conspiracy theories and urban legends.
Sad. Dale would have made an excellent FReeper.
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He played a conspiracy theorist! I'd say the theories will come hard and fast.
Would he have lived longer if anybody could understand what he was saying?
RIP
I think you are thinking of Boomhower. Dang ol sun bita somethinsomethin...
Are you thinking of Boomhauer?
Thank you Dr Frauxistein!
Oh I’m saving some of these to post to Nully
repeatedly
Then, I’m reporting him to the mods!!!
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