obituary
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Kenzo : the legendary Japanese/French designer dies aged 81
When Kenzo Takada first arrived in Paris in 1965 he only intended to stay there for 6 months, but he never left. He started off by selling his sketches of dresses for 25F each, but just 5 years later he managed to open a small boutique in Galerie VIvienne which was the start of…
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Dame DIana Rigg (forever Emma Peel) dies aged 82 RIP
The moment Diana Rigg first starred as Emma Peel in the Brit TV series The Avengers in 1995 she became an instant gay icon. She had taken over her role as Steed’s right hand woman from Honor Blackman , and she quickly made the part very much her own. I mean who wouldn’t like…
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Billy Goldenberg : the Hollywood composer you should know about : has just died
Billy Goldenberg, one of the most successful Hollywood composers that too few people knew about , has died aged 84 years ago. Queerguru had the pleasure of dining with him one night after he had just finished touring with “Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends,” which he created with Ms. Arthur. Goldenberg, openly gay, was…
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Margarita Pracatan : legendary Cuban singer and gay icon dies aged 89
To 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…
