-- Theodore "Teddy" Wilson (appeared on tons of sitcoms and TV shows in the 70s and 80s, esp. More talented then I gave him credit for, then. After his death, all these years later, his family have never commented on Julia's cause of death. I was shocked and saddened to see that he died of AIDS at age 52 in 1997. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." His obit says it was lymphoma which can be AIDS related. R306, there *is* an F&F button. The trouble was that he would leave the office about 4 and have a couple at the VFW, a couple at the Legion, a couple at the country club and so on, so that by the time he rolled home about 7:30 he was flying high. So, essentially, this is a list of closeted b list bottoms. It appears his mother and ex-wife kept AIDS out of his obituary to protect his young daughter's memory of him. I doubt his HIV-status when he died is secret to anyone. He died in 1994. Tim Scott was the "longtime companion" (that's what we called them in those days) of Norman Buckley, brother of Betty. [quote'It's a terrible curse,' Heat star Carroll O'Connor has said of what he calls his friend and co-star's substance-abuse problems. About a dozen men from the original Broadway production of Evita. Love R&B, love gospel, love many other areas where Blacks have made a great contribution to music. WebCause of death: Stabbed Motive: Killed by accident when he tried to stop Carol from destroying the picture she posed for, after realizing he didn't love her. See the article in its original context from. not the AIDS. I moved to NYC as an 18 year-old in 1981, coinciding with the official beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Ryan Gosling was attached to it some time ago. r10--how can you POSSIBLY have left out mention of Frey as Harold in "The Boys in the Band"? If there were more than a few, then I suppose it's a subject for another thread. I didn't see how many pages it was, already mentioned obviously. My ex was best friends with Julie in the 80s/90s and she was absolutely devastated after he died. I remember how powerful he was in "Ragtime", and he got an Oscar nomination for that, and I thought he'd have an amazing career thereafter. He made his New York professional debut as Yellow Feather in the Off Broadway musical Little Mary Sunshine, and won a Vernon Rice Award for his subsequent performance in The Coach With Six Insides, Jean Erdmans adaption of Finnegans Wake.. He died in New York City. McLinden was part inspiration for the lead character in "It's a Sin," from the pen of Russell T. Davies. Hope it gets off the ground this century. She noticed that he spent a lot of time with gay male "friends" but just chalked it up to his being very "gay friendly." A lot of people who are familiar with his solo career don't realize that he was also part of the Edgar Winter Group in the early 70s & sang lead on their huge hit, Free Ride (which he also wrote). [You do realize that this is a troll, right? Such dark, shitty days. Leonard H Frey was born on November 28, 1912, and died at age 78 years old on October 10, 1991. He's not an actor, but Max Robinson the ABC newscaster from the late 80's&early 90's who reportrd the news from Chicago, I know he died from AIDS. She had been very upset by Carolyn Jones' death. ", Paul Reeves, of the West End "Starlight Express.". On August 24, 1988, Leonard Frey died of non-communicable disease. A truly beautiful man! It's something I do now when a friend dies. New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. He wanted me to clean the toilet every time I used it. All those plays that won't get written now. R302 . oy, what did they all die of ? Almost nobody actually died from AIDS. Irene & Tommy Rutledge's home was used in the Boars' Nest Bears in the Dukes Of Hazzard, when they were trying to prove that the star player is the age to play for the team. Though perhaps a female studio head was considered unbelievable at the time. Later, I turned on tv and it was Oscar night. - Susan Brooks. I remember the last time I saw him before he died I brought tapes from the US which contained episodes of Frasier. So many talented chorus men from the 80's. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. How about John Matuszak? And he took off his shirt a lot on AYITL. . Whats Happening and Sanford and Son), -- Larry Riley was in A Soldiers Story and was fired from Knots Landing for having aids, -- Michael Westphal, ATP tennis player (ranked in the top 50), -- Joel Crothers (Somerset, Edge of Night) went to his grave denying he was gay and denying he had aids. The series centers on a powerful head of Century Studios and a group of up-and-coming starlets. Merritt Buttrick, Kirk's son David in Star Trek II/II, died at age 30 in 1989. Yes, 196. It's been well documented that he was one of Rudolph Nureyev's lovers and slept with directors and producers of both sexes to further his career. I googled this and his publicist did say this to gay press soon after Ritts' death: "Herb was HIV-positive, but this particular pneumonia was not PCP (pneumocystis pneumonia), a common opportunistic infection of AIDS. When I called his family to let them know we were going to have a tribute, I was referred to his brother. Here's a clip from the MTM episode. Many film stars made cameo appearances. Remarkably, ABC never found out about Parker's double life, (of if they did, excused it as an excess of the times) despite the fact that his XXX films continued to be released as late as 1983. Somewhere in my kitchen. Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. Richard Warwick was beautiful in one of the best UK movies of the 60s -- Lindsay Anderson's If. Richard Warwick lip synched "What is a Youth" in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. The most beautiful man in the world in the seventies, Hiram Keller (Undercoffler) died of "liver cancer" at home with his family in 1997. But any excuse to watch this What a sad thread. I've asked about Bert Convy here before. Died Place. Strange that his memory was treated so shabbily in the Crystal Skull fiasco His name was Michael, r278. His first civics lesson? R205- Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play" before it played Philadelphia, where it closed. Denholm Elliott wouldn't be famous to most Americans, right? [1] After attending James Madison High School,[1] he studied art at Cooper Union, with designs on becoming a painter, then switched to acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse[1] under acting coach Sanford Meisner, and pursued a career in theater. *Peter Evans, 38, May 20, 1989, Versatile actor praised for his lead role in "Children of a Lesser God", *Ian Charleson, 40, January 6, 1990, The Scottish actor who costarred in the 1981 "Chariots of Fire", *Leonard Fray, 49, August 24, 1988, Motel the tailor in the stage and film versions of "Fiddler on the Roof", *Larry Kert, 60, June 5, 1991, The singer and actor who played Tony in Broadway's "West Side Story", Charles Ludlam, 44, May 28, 1987, Actor-playwright-director in his post-absurdist theater of the Ridiculous, Cookie Mueller, 40, November 10, 1989, Actress in John Waters's "Pink Flamingoes"; Details magazine art critic, Larry Riley, 59, June 6, 1992, The actor who played Frank Williams on CBS's "Knots Landing", Craig Russell, 42, October 30, 1990, Flamboyant entertainer and impersonator of Mae West, Judy Garland, Jack Smith, 57, September 18, 1989, Performance artist and maker of the 1963 film "Flaming Creatures", Barry Robins, 41, April 1, 1986, Lead in Bless the Beasts and the Children, Rmi Laurent, 32, 14 November 1989, the son in 1978 film La Cage aux Folles. I just found this post online regarding Dennis Parker (Wade Nichols): [quote] Dennis and I were friends from the early 80s until his death. He spent 20 years in the Air Force which has many gays but when Bob was in that was not allowed. His mother stood a top height of 6'2" and his father stood 6'6." Howard Rollins he played Virgil Tibbs in "In The Heat Of The Night" tv series. I loved Paper Dolls as a kid. Frey, who was gay, died at age 49 from the complications of AIDS in New York on August 24, 1988, 11 days before his 50th birthday. I wonder if the TV artist Bob Ross died of AIDS. What a peculiar and erroneous notion, r111. [quote]This is heresy but "We'll Take a Glass Together" has always annoyed me. NEW YORK (AP) _ Leonard Frey, who played the role of Motel the tailor in the 1971 movie Fiddler on the Roof, has died of AIDS. . and various studio groups of the time. r128, you violated rule 87 in the 1970s Gay Handbook: 87: Never date an actor. Hello. He wasn't young. Frey was born in Brooklyn, New York. Truly the loss of all of the talent and beauty from the early years of the epidemic are devastating .. And so many in so many other important professions. Scurvey ? During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. You might want to stop talking to it.]. It had been well He was gay. Death. Did any non-gay actors ever die of the AIDS? Dan Hartman, singer/musician. He didn't technically die of HIV/AIDS, but it's believed that he committed suicide because of complications with the disease. They say Brad Davis got Aids from a needle transfusion ? R173 He was such a neat freak. Frey Jr. barricaded himself in a bedroom while multiple police agencies, including PSP surrounded the residence, but by the time officers forced their way into the room, Frey Jr. was deceased. He told people he was on a microbiotic diet and that his weight loss was was the result of hard work. That first guy was smoking hot..to bad he got a dirty load. Anthony Perkins admitted he had AIDS In his last couple of months. I can;t stand Swen Swenson's voice singing "I've Got Your Number." Peter Tramm the substitute dancer for Kevin Bacon in Footloose. Remi Laurent -- he played the son in the original film of La Cage aux Folles (1978) and died in 1989. r74 that's pecisely what makes this thread so sad - the unfinished stories, the what ifs A tribute to Rock Hudson or Liberace isnt half as sad because those stars hit a home run and ten some. That leaves Curtis, who won the Tony for "The Rothschilds". Someone please help me with this one -- I'm pretty sure he died of AIDS but I'm not positive. Handsome Paul Keenan best known from his work on "Days of Our Lives" and "Dynasty" is notable in that he was one of the first actors to admit he was suffering from AIDS and was gay, rather than trying to cover it up. He made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The National Health. He definitely did NOT commit suicide, but died of AIDS, which was still very much a stigma in 1985. Hello and thank you for registering. Frey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Motel the tailor in Norman Jewison's 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof (he had appeared in the original Broadway musical production as Mendel, the rabbi's son). Either the family was in full denial or they were trying to cover it up. You think the fantasy will equal the reality. I wonder if Lypsinka did this as a tribute to Swen Swenson, although she's lip syncing to a female singer who I cannot identify. Was recently in Manhattan staying with an old college friend in a hotel in Times Square; I grew up in NYC during the seventies until the mid-eighties. Did it hurt when you pulled that out of your ass, r302? We became good friends and spent a lot of time together, He and his partner and my husband and I socialized frequently..he even helped my husband build bookshelves and a window seat in our apartment. He played "Rooster" - GREAT dancer; great showman. Armstrong was dubbed. Sharkey's daughter was just arrested for beating her boyfriend's mother to death with a baseball bat. Having studied art from the time he was 8, he was headed toward a career as a painter, but decided to change goals, switching from Cooper Union to the Neighborhood Playhouse. But his wife tells herself that he got it from drug use. He made his New York professional debut as Yellow Feather in the Off Broadway musical ''Little Mary Sunshine'' and won a Vernon Rice Award for his subsequent performance in ''The Coach with Six Insides,'' Jean Erdman's adaptation of ''Finnegans Wake. [quote]A Chorus Line - and only nominations for the gay roles), I have to correct myself here; looked it up and Sammy Williams did indeed win a Tony for playing Paul in ACL. Works. In 1991, in the year of Leonard H Frey's passing, on November 7th, legendary basketball player Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV. We met when he did some fundraising via Edge of Night for the nonprofit animal welfare organization I worked for. David Oliver from Another World and A Year IN the Life died at 30 in 1992. He had a couple of big solo hits: Instant Replay in the late 70s and I Can Dream About You in 1984. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born May be was a bbbbbbb..bbbbiisekshool. Your post irresponsible and offensive. BTW, I lived through this in the 1980s. This thread makes me so sad. The gayest HORROR ever! [quote]For Christ sake, I'm sure Rue was no older then Bradyou big dummy. I remember your story! He was very blonde (I saw him on stage a few times). Somewhere in my kitchen. He was a dear friend, and I miss him to this day. He doesn't mention him by name, but calls him a much older, Tony-winning actor in the show. Lenny Baker, star of Next Stop, Greenwich Village, died of cancer which was caused by AIDS in 1982. I had to move out and move on. Cause of death: death from AIDS-related complications. So wonderful Holy shit, Michael Jeter's performance in "Take the Glass" from Grand Hotel, linked at R94, is freaking amazing! You hit an exterior keypad with your destination floor and it routes you to one of the 14 elevators;no more sardine-cans). He also did commercials and displayed his fine body in some arty photogs. David Oliver, appeared on "Another World" from 1983 to 1985, then landed a role in the acclaimed mini-series "A Year in the Life" (1986), playing Sarah Jessica Harper's husband, a role he reprised when it was turned into a series for the 1987-88 season. His theatrical breakthrough came with his performance as Harold in Mart Crowleys Boys in the Band. He later recreated the role for the 1970 film. USA. The wife was in complete denial. Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 August 24, 1988) was an American actor. It's sad if someone is doing that but I doubt it's his Foundation or his publicist? r331, in another thread, somebody claimed that it was Timothy Patrick Murphy, mentioned at r2, who unknowingly infected Fuccello. You think she was lying? Saw many great musicals as a kid. Died in December 11, 1986 the day after his 31st birthday. Interestingly, Richard Lester had cast a different boy as Bobby, but several people (probably RW included) told him that the kid wasn't pretty enough, so Lester fired the poor guy and found someone better looking. He had wonderful timing which I remember best in a Mary Tyler Moore Show episode in which he played the only student who shows up for Ted Baxter's Famous School of Broadcasting. Sexy as fuck Terry Lester, the original (and only as far as I'm concerned) Jack in Y&R. You know he died of LEG CANCER which is so unusual. Ray Sharkey deserves his own thread. They claimed it was "kidney failure." According to Wiki, he died from complications from open heart surgery. Well that was true. The "official" story back then was cancer of the throat caused by his inexperience as a singer in "A Love My Wife", which is the lousiest cover story I'd ever heard. Robert Drivas - interesting young American actor, also naked in "The Illustrated Man" with Rod Steiger, and in "Where Its At" with David Janssson and DL fave Brenda Vacarro, he also had a small part in "Cool Hand Luke". our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn Frey, who died Wednesday at Beth Israel Hospital, received an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor for his performance as Motel. [quote] What kind of idiot puts dust in a "dessert". R181 - I had no idea about the Dan Hartman history. 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