LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 Actor Lee Thompson Young has died of what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Los Angeles apartment, TMZ said Monday. He was 29.
Young is best known for his work on Disney Channel's "The Famous Jett Jackson" and now appears on TNT's "Rizzoli & Isles."
TMZ said his body was discovered when he didn't show up to work Monday moing.
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