obituary
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Tony Award Winner Gary “Keep It Gay” Beach died aged 70
The Tony Award-winning star of The Producers Gary Beach has died aged 70. He originated the role of the cross-dressing director Roger De Bris. in Mel Brook’s mega Broadway hit, and went on to don his lavish frocks to reprise the role in the movie adaptation. The out-gay actor’s outrageous performance won him legions of…
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Connie Kurtz (of the legendary Ruthie & Connie) dies in Palm Beach
We are just one of very many this morning who are deeply saddened by the death of Connie Kurtz (on the right) yesterday. A wonderfully uplifting passionate LGBT activist who was one half of a legendary couple Ruthie and Connie. Friends for almost sixty years and life-partners for most of that time, they were a…
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Sammy Williams : One Singular Sensation Every Little Step He Took
The actor/dancer Sammy Williams who created the of Paul in Michael Bennett’s cult classic musical A Chorus Line for which he won both a Tony, a Drama Desk and an Obie Best Actor award, has died aged 69. Williams’ monologue chronicling “Paul’s” difficult teen years as a young gay man was completely breathtaking. He stood…
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Hubert de Givenchy the last of the great French Couturiers has died.
The legendary 6′ 6″ aristocratic Haute Couture designer HUBERT de GIVENCHY has died at aged 91 at the Renaissance chateau near Paris, where he and his husband designer PHILIPPE VENET had lived for decades. Givenchy was the last of the old school of a small clique of talented groundbreaking designers that made Paris the fashion…
