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John Mahoney will always be Broken Hearts Club’s Jack to us
The British born veteran character actor JOHN MAHONEY has died aged 77. Best known in mainstream entertainment as the dad in the sitcom “Frasier” for all of its 11 seasons, portraying an ex-police officer often disturbed by the gentleness of his younger son Niles played by David Hyde Pierce. Although he never came out publicly as gay, he…
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Openly gay comic and all-round funny guy BOB SMITH dies
Bob Smith one of the most admired and well-liked gay comedians has died after battling ALS for years. He became the first openly gay comic to host his own HBO half-hour comedy special and to appear on “The Tonight Show,” both in 1994′ The beauty of Smith’s performing and writing is that in his comedy gay men were…
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Johnny Halliday – the French ‘Elvis’ dies aged 74
The handsome heartthrob singer Johnny Hallyday, often referred to as the French Elvis because he was the first one who sang rock’n’roll in French, has died at the age of 74. Hallyday had 18 platinum albums, and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. He…
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Christine Keeler : ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’
Christine Keeler the ‘model’ who single-handedly almost brought down the British Government in 1963 when she was dating the married Secretary of State for War John Profumo at the same time she was stepping out with a ‘Cultural Attache’ cum spy at the Russian Embassy , has died aged 75. Just a teenager at the…
