Jerry Leggio, a character actor with roles in TV shows like In The Heat of the Night, American Horror Story, and Scream Queens, has died.

According to the Louisiana newspaper The Advocate, he passed away at home on October 1. Leggio had been battling a long illness and entered hospice care in July. He turned 90 just a week before his death.

Leggio was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on September 23, 1935. He graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1953 and from Louisiana State University in 1957. It was after college that Jerry discovered his love for theater.

Per his online obituary, his stage credits include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Sheriff Dodd), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley), A Few Good Men (Colonel Jessup), Inherit the Wind (Henry Drummond), The King and I (the K

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