Comedian Jay Leggett collapsed on Saturday, Nov. 23 after a day of hunting in his home state of Wisconsin, and died later that day, according to the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. The 50-year-old actor appeared on the American sketch comedy series In Living Color in the early '90s.
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He held a variety of small roles including the part of Gus on the 2008 improv show Factory. He cowrote the 2004 film Employee of the Month starring Matt Dillion and Christina Applegate.
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Leggett also had a memorable role on Ally McBeal as Harry Pippen, the hefty lawyer who wanted to leave his fiancee for the title character but was later shot down.
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The final cause of death is still pending, but it is believed to heart related. Leggett was passionate about his home state of Wisconsin, and even produced a documentary about the state's deer hunting culture.
