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‘Hi Di Hi’ the three little words that made Ruth Madoc a Star and a gay icon.
Ruth Madoc 16 April 1943 _ 9 December 2022 (aged 79) RIP From 1980 – 1988 Hi Di Hi was one of the most successful sit-coms on British Television. Irs setting was a Holiday Camp in the 1950s which was then the most popular vacation destination for blue-collar families still recovering from…
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Our favorite memories of Dame ANGELA LANSBURY
Several decades ago (!) I was sitting in the auditorium of the National Film Theatrein London. On stage was one of my favorite actresses who was discussing her career which started off aged 17 playing a maid in her first Hollywood film in 1944. It was called GASLIGHT and the young Angela Lansbury and…
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Urvashi Vaid, Legendary Activist for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Dies at 63
Photo by Jurek Wajdowicz REPRINTED FROM THE ADVOCATE BY TRUDY RING MAY 14 2022 5:32 PM EDT Longtime activist Urvashi Vaid, a leader of many LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations, has died at age 63. Vaid died Saturday at her home in New York City, according to the National LGBTQ Task Force. Vaid was executive…
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JORDAN : Queen of Punk dies aged 66
1976 was such an important cultural milestone as it was when the British Punk Revolution started. They rejected contemporary mainstream discarded nostalgia with many in the scene adopting a nihilistic attitude summed up by the Sex Pistols slogan “No Future” One social observer noted that amid the unemployment and social unrest in 1977, “punk’s…
