One last gift. Shortly before his death, Leslie Jordan shared a video of himself singing a classic hymn about the afterlife.“Sunday Mornin’ Hymn Singin’ with @dannymyrick,” the Will & Grace alum wrote via Instagram on Sunday, October 23, alongside a video that showed him collaborating with musician Danny Myrick. “Danny helped me with a new original song that should be comin’ out real soon.
Love. Light. Leslie.”The clip showed the How Y’all Doing? author singing “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder,” a gospel song that was originally written in 1893.
The tune is about being present in heaven in the afterlife, and opens with the lines: “When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more / And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair / When the saved of Earth shall gather over on the other shore / And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.”Jordan previously released a version of the song with Tanya Tucker on his 2021 album, Company’s Comin’, which also featured Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile and Chris Stapleton.The Call Me Kat actor died on Monday, October 24, at age 67 following a car crash in Los Angeles.
His rep confirmed the news in a statement to Us Weekly, saying: “The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan.
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