Queer Eye Star Tom Jackson Dead at 63

Tan France and Jonathan Van Ness are grieving the loss of a Queer Eye relative.

Queer Eye‘s social networks accounts just recently revealed that Tom Jackson, who appeared on the program’s extremely first episode, has actually passed away. He died on March 3 at age 63, according to his online obituary.

“It’s with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to a member of our Queer Eye family,” checked out the program’s March 8 post, accompanied by numerous pictures of Tom on the program. “Rest in peace, Tom Jackson.”

Tan responded to the news in an Instagram remark, composing, “Such incredibly sad news,” while his fellow Fab Five member Jonathan included, “RIP Tom” with a red heart emoji.

Tom’s obituary states that he passed away after a fight with metastatic adenocarcinoma, a gland cancer that has actually infected other parts of the body, according to the National Cancer Institute. 

Tom was included on season among the program’s 2018 reboot in an episode entitled, “You Can’t Fix Ugly,” where he opened about his fight with lupus. After undergoing his remodeling, Tom ignored the program with newly found self-love and later rekindled his relationship with ex-wife Abby Parr, though they separated once again in 2019, according to his Twitter.