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Gavin Creel : beloved Award-Winning Broadway Star and gay activist dies at age 48 of a rare form of cancer

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    Dealing with ‘loss’ is never ever that easy to accept and deal with even when its for icons like Dame Maggie Smith who reached the ripe old age of 89. However just following thwe announcement  of  her death this weeks comes news of the passing of Award winning Broadway  star GAVIN CREEL aged … Continue reading



Alain Delon a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century has died aged 88

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  Alain Delon who died this week was acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century. Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. Although totally heterosexual he became a symbolic icon for the the queer community which … Continue reading



Farewell DAVID MIXNER an iconic champion and fierce fighter of LGBTQ rights who has died aged 77

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  The word ‘icon’ is bandied around so much these, but one queer man who was this, and so much more, is the legendary activist DAVID MIXNER.  His death has just been announced and he will be a great loss in our community as he was a  giant in the global struggle for LGBTQ+ rights … Continue reading



Claude Montana the most infuential designer of the 1980s whose life then catapulted out of control, has died aged 76

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      Claude Montana was the designer who defined the 80s with his exaggerated big shoulders that gave women tough semi-masculine silhouettes, has died aged 76.  This was a major success and started the whole ‘power dressing‘ for women and and was at the peak of his career, but it didn’t bring his company … Continue reading



Iconic Broadway star CHITA RIVERA …..the original Anita in West Side Story and so much more… dies aged 91 . RIP

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    The world has just lost one of its brightest Broadway stars with the death of Chita Rivera aged 91.  Chita …… real name Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson….. received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama League Award. She was also the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive … Continue reading



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