Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe legendary British entertainer Bruce Forsyth who died today aged 89 may not have much name recognition in the rest of the world, but in the UK where his career lasted a staggering 75 years, he was regarded as a national treasure. Forsyth’s stage act had him playing the Variety Theaters for years until … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe much beloved Cynthia Payne known by all simply as ‘Madame Cyn’ when she gained notoriety as Britain’s most famous Brothel Madam and who singly-handed exposed the hypocrisy of the country’s prudish and ridiculous morality laws back in the 1970s, has now died aged 82. When the Police raided her very ordinary looking home in the London suburbs they found a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMarcus D’Amico who stole all our hearts when he created the role of “Mouse’ in the original 1993 TV production of Tales of the City. has died at the age of 55. The lovelorn Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver still struggling with coming out to his parents had found happiness with his new ‘adopted family’ … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTo her devoted queer fans, the singer Margarita Pracatan was the best thing that Cuba ever exported. She found fame relatively late in life when Clive James one of the biggest Talk Show Hosts in UK TV discovered Margarita performing on her Manhattan public-access television cable TV program in 1994 and invited her to the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMarni Nixon an accomplished concert singer whose claim to fame was that she was the ‘voice’ who performed for major Hollywood movie stars who appeared in musicals even though they couldn’t sing a note, died on Sunday in NY aged 86 years old. One of Marni’s most famous roles was dubbing for Deborah Kerr in … Continue reading