(CelebNMusic247-News) Jett Jackson Actor Lee Thompson Dead:
Disney‘s The Famous Jett Jackson actor Lee Thompson found dead after took his life after police found his body with a gunshot wound that appears to be self-inflicted.
It was reported at 11:40 AM PT, Lee Thompson’s publicist confirms the actor killed himself, telling TMZ, “It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning … Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be truly missed.”
Lee Thompson Young — who played the main character on Disney‘s “The Famous Jett Jackson” — has died after what officials believe is a suicide … TMZ has learned. He was 29.
Sources tell us Young’s body was discovered with a gunshot wound that appears to be self-inflicted.
Young currently appears in the TNT show “Rizzoli & Isles” — and we’re told when he didn’t show up to work this morning, staffers called the landlord of Young’s L.A. home to check up on the actor.
We’re told … when the landlord opened the door, he discovered Young’s body.
Young was a rising star in Hollywood. After he made it big as a Disney star, he went on to play running back Chris Comer in the 2004 movie “Friday Night Lights.”
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