Apparently Keene was always bugging him for sex, promising to give him a blowjob if Robby would suck his dick too. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." 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. For years, I thought that Keene Curtis died of AIDS. Leonard Frey, who played the role of Motel the tailor in the 1971 movie Fiddler on the Roof after being featured in the Broadway production, is dead of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. So, essentially, this is a list of closeted b list bottoms. [quote]For years, I thought that Keene Curtis died of AIDS. He was a smart and lovely guy. They seemed to get along famously. His mother stood a top height of 6'2" and his father stood 6'6." 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. Rollins was wonderful. He was linked to actor Jeremy Brett, they may have been a couple. I loved EON, and adored all three actors. I had to move out and move on. He performed a variety of leading roles for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, in ''The Time of Your Life,'' ''Beggar on Horseback,'' ''Twelfth Night'' and Athol Fugard's ''People Are Living Here.'' They were in "The Rothschilds" together when Robby was 13-14. Timothy Patrick Murphy is best known of his portrayal of the doomed Mickey Trotter Rays nephew and a love interest for Lucy before hes paralyzed in a car accident with Sue Ellen in the 82-83 season of Dallas; in 1984, he played the title role in Sams Son, Michael Landons semi-autobiographical TV movie about his youth and his struggles with his family. What about Jim Henson? Gee r154 if there was only someway to check. I came of age in the early 80s and hung onto the closet door with both hands super tight, I thought you didn't even have to have sex to get AIDS; you'd just develop it, triggered by the gay gene already in your body. Hello. Oh, that's so sad. Warren Stevens provided the voice of the unseen Bracken. He is the biggest queen I've ever seen. [quote]R18 [R10]--how can you POSSIBLY have left out mention of Frey as Harold in "The Boys in the Band"? And I was thinking exactly what you were thinking. Morali and Parker allegedly became lovers and teamed up for Parker's one and only LP, 'Like an Eagle', released in 1979 on Casablanca Records, the infamous Los Angeles label run by cocaine-crazed Neil Bogart. I had never heard this before, so I can't confirm the veracity of the claim. Agreed! Ray Sharkey deserves his own thread. Though I don't mean to compare two very different world disasters, I figured if the memory of the World Wars was kept alive for so long, even after certain nations had become our allies, something similar can be done with the AIDS crisis years. Frey was nominated for a 1975 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The National Health. It's something I do now when a friend dies. Season 5, Episode 23 Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters School", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Frey&oldid=1148592397, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre alumni, James Madison High School (Brooklyn) alumni, Short description is different from Wikidata, Internet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 April 2023, at 03:41. Except the people that talk to it.]. Speaking of GG, I think the black actor who served the Girls at the Diner on Xmas eve (in season 2) also died of AIDS, though I would have to look it up. Leonard Frey, Actor, Dies at 49; Was in 'Fiddler' and Other Films, https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/25/obituaries/leonard-frey-actor-dies-at-49-was-in-fiddler-and-other-films.html. Irving Allen Lee, Joel Crothers, and Dennis Parker; all of The Edge of Night. During those times they just used other illnesses to cloak the real reasons but these were sexually active gay men who died young. He died in 1994. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Rue was an even bigger slut than Blanche. Timothy Scott was the boyfriend of Norman Buckley, Betty Lynn's brother. 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. R63 Daniel McDonald was married, had 2 kids and reportedly died of brain cancer. Date of death. Such dark, shitty days. Bless him. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. He also played Motel the tailor in the 1971 movie of ''Fiddler on the Roof,'' for which he received an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor. Anybody got any info on him? Either the family was in full denial or they were trying to cover it up. John Hargreaves, Australian actor who was in Don's Party died of AIDS. He wrote a song about his death called "Life Goes On.". I would not put it past him to have also got it from a guy--he was one of those guys who would fuck anything that moved. This is for another thread but I've wondered if part of the reason Edge of Night got cancelled is that they knew half of the male cast was about to drop dead. So babygays heard it at the same time you did. She was a fat, nasty, prejudiced bitch who sold horrible food but you never saw paparazzi or blue police barriers or limos at her place. So many beautiful young men snatched away before their time. It just craves attention. 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. R237, it just occurred to me today that the onset of AIDS and it's mysterious and sudden tragic effects are just as fresh/old in our minds as the devastation of the WWII holocaust was in the minds of Jews back in 1975 (as Bette Midler would let us know in her stage act, when talking about visiting Germany, right around then). You might want to stop talking to it.]. You know he died of LEG CANCER which is so unusual. ; Hart to Hart; Barney Miller (1975 episode: 'The Escape Artist' & 1980 episode: 'Vanished', part 2); Moonlighting; Murder, She Wrote; and the miniseries Testimony of Two Men, as well as a co-starring role as the villainous Parker Tillman on the short-lived ABC western comedy Best of the West,[3] and Raymond Holyoke on Mr. Smith, which ran for 13 episodes on NBC in fall 1983. His first feature However his list of gay conquests is rather substantial: Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Troy Donahue, Rudolf Nureyev, Paul Newman, Leonard Bernstein, James Dean, and Stephen Sondheim. R181 - I had no idea about the Dan Hartman history. Died at 49 in 1989 - GREAT actor, so sad to lose him (used to see him around the UWS when I lived in NYC in the 80's.). Thanks for that observation, r71. It's sad if someone is doing that but I doubt it's his Foundation or his publicist? He must have been a pushy bottom then.He was kind of an outcast in Germany as he was half Jewish. For the most part I remember reading each of these in the newspaper at the time. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site But his wife tells herself that he got it from drug use. As in, right now, my shoulders. People have all kinds of different personal relationships. Went out with him once, R126. You know, it's true this is a sad thread and, yes, there are some ignorant comments here. Harry was very careful to never have more than those 2 or 3 drinks. I grew up in the midst of this and was scared beyond scared to think it was something I could contract. According to a 2002 interview, German actor Arthur Brauss suggested that Diffring died of AIDS. Cause of death: death from AIDS-related complications. No, he died on 08/24/1988, He was 49 years old when he died. He was 49 years old. He was on Broadway in the cast of "Hair" and starred in Fellini's "Satyricon" and a dozen other European B movies. I truly hope they find a cure for this (and other) dreadful diseases. Though perhaps a female studio head was considered unbelievable at the time. I remember Dack Rambo discussing his diagnosis on some talk show when I got home from school. (I had a crush on him and nearly satisfied it many moons ago.) Most of the cast from "The Boys In the Band" (1970). Even before he died, when it was obvious he was ill, he never said anything about his illness. He appears to have died of AIDS in the mid1980s, and his partner, Gerald Mast, a film historian, died a few years later. He was bellissimo. He was only 37 years old. I can't remember where i posted them. I knew him in the 70s and early 80s. In 1991, in the year of Leonard H Frey's passing, on November 7th, legendary basketball player Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV. He wanted children, so he convinced himself he was bisexual and married Berry Berenson, whose proper name later became Berry Berenson, Wdow of Anthony Perkins, Who Died on American Airlines Flight 11 in the World Trade Center Attack. He was 49. Maybe for mud-pie? Tom McBride is probably best-remembered as one of the more famous unfortunate victims of Jason Voorhees: in Friday the 13th Part II (1981), he played Mark, the wheelchair-bound camp counselor who gets a machete in the face. In 1984, Parker died, whether from a self-inflicted gunshot wound (a rumor) or complications from AIDS. Worsening health forced him to drop out of the production of "Grand Hotel" six months into the show's run. That eulogy is not in the play of "THe Normal Heart". To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. He had a couple of big solo hits: Instant Replay in the late 70s and I Can Dream About You in 1984. I remember he was on E.T. . He was waiting to invite you to his big debut at Carnegie Hall or some shit so we could all be proud of him. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Can't remember. It's dangerous." Today is the Anniversary of Wayland Flowers death in 1988. Love R&B, love gospel, love many other areas where Blacks have made a great contribution to music. He also did a lot of Broadway, with a featured role in the original Fiddler on the Roof and later in the movie. That DALLAS actor was so young and beautiful. This thread always bums me out when it resurfaces. For the person upthread who asked about Terry Lester, you were confusing him with the child star of the film "Oliver! But he obviously had a voracious appetite for sex. R39 - Joel Crothers will always be Joe Haskell from Dark Shadows in my heart. Sad. One thing about Elaine's -- it was always low key. Such Darwinism. The 52 year old who died of AIDS in 1997. With the exception of Cliff Gorman, who died of cancer, and Laurence Luckinbill, Peter White, and Reuben Greene, who are all still living, all the BITB actors (Frey, Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, and Robert LaTourneaux) were killed by AIDS. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Irresponsible, maybe. He also played Clare Quilty in the Alan Jay Lerner musical Lolita, My Love which closed, before reaching Broadway, in 1971. So many talented chorus men from the 80's. George Pesatura who replaced Sammy Williams in ACL. [quote]The audio commentary for the Doctor Who series Silver Nemesis mentions he left Germany in 1936, as he was not enamored of fascism and further that he was a homosexual. New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. So handsome. I haven't read about the dust thing. He acted in several operas, including ''Die Fledermaus,'' with Beverly Sills and Joan Sutherland. He fucked guys as well as women, so he could have easily gotten it through sexual contact. It seems unlikely that he continued shooting them after the Edge contract began but was probably ending up on VHS formats of 16mm reels he had shot earlier. Cookie Mueller. [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. Speaking of, how is Hal Rubenstein still alive? R295 Is Miss Hal a bottom? Officially, Glenn Frey's cause of death was listed as complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia. James Frey, the disgraced author whose literary career was supplanted by turns as a reality TV star, ad pitchman, and philanthropist, was found dead of a heart attack in his Los Angeles mansion. Not a good guy but hot. Musical theatre for anyone with a brain died with AIDS. Ron Richardson, of "Big River", as well as Howard Rollins. Anthony Perkins admitted he had AIDS In his last couple of months. If you only know him from Evening Shade, or you don't know him, the Grand Hotel clip is him at his (or anyone's) best. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. [quote]Rollins was arrested three times in eight months for DUI, reckless driving and speeding, leading to jail time and intensive treatment for substance abuse. I actually knew Richard Warwick - slightly, he used to frequent a gay bar (The Colherne - now gone) my gang used to drink in at Earls Court, back in the early 80s, so we got chatting a few times, and almost picked each other up once, but something came up and it didnt happen. This thread makes me so sad. Uh Terry Lester died of AIDS complications, he wasted away and a heart attack did him in. 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. I also appeared in a successful Off Broadway production in the 80s. Although he didn't die of AIDs, he contracted the disease and then shot himself at age 55: handsome actor Todd Armstrong, the lead in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). Brad Davis was molested by his mother so his "plowing" of Rue was really just a "repetition compulsion" regarding his childhood trauma. Stephen W. Burns made a potentially promising film debut in the last (and worst) of the initial Herbie films, Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), replaced Mark Harmon in the last 3 episodes of the LA paramedics TV series 240 Robert (1981) and, in the role that probably brought him his biggest exposure, played Jack Cleary, one of Meggies brothers, in the classic miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). He was Alfonso Ribeiro's dad on the show. Dack Rambo. I'm shocked that no one's mentioned Legit Actor/Porn Actor/Singer, Dennis Parker aka Wade Nichols yet. Hi, R170. Frey, who died Dennis Stewart 1994- Craterface in Grease. Later on he speaks of what a good man Hal Linden was and how much he admires hm, so it's clearly not Linden. But at the end of the day, his immune system was compromised.". WebIs Leonard Frey still alive? I thought the whole show godawful at the time. Where's the troll who always insists Jill Clayburgh died of AIDS? Hello. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. Light-skinned black actor -- I think his first name may have been Ray? The handsome Tom Fuccello, who played Sen. Dave Culver on "Dallas." [You do realize that this is a troll, right? [quote]The worst offender, may he rest in peaceherb ritts. Lee Mathis-hot man. Brett was gay after his marriage to Anna Massey. Frey received critical acclaim in 1968 for his performance as Harold in off-Broadway's The Boys in the Band. I don't think anyone's mentioned Kevin Peter Hall: [quote]Kevin Peter Hall was an actor famous for his roles as Dr. Elvin Lincoln in Misfits of Science (1985), the 'monsters' in Prophecy (1979), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Predator (1987), and Predator 2 (1990). Scurvey ? number then drops dead, somewhere in act 2". Robert Drivas' wonderful ass in "The Illustrated Man". It had a cast of 10 men and 2 women. Later, Warwick played Judi Denchs brother-in-law in the sitcom A Fine Romance (1981-84). r123, he made hot porn. '', After playing a small role in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' on Broadway, he made his theatrical breakthrough as Harold in Mart Crowley's ''Boys in the Band,'' and later re-created his role in the 1970 film. In contrast to his buttoned-down image on CBS' In the Heat of the Night, Rollins sometimes wore a long, startling wig of dreadlocks when he cruised the North Georgia roads last year in his maroon 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII. Did TV and movies-- probably '70s and '80s. Aug. 25, 1988 12 AM PT Leonard Frey, who played the role of Motel the tailor in the 1971 movie Fiddler on the Roof after being featured in the Broadway Tim Scott was the "longtime companion" (that's what we called them in those days) of Norman Buckley, brother of Betty. Ian Charleson. Daniel McDonald had a brain tumor. He definitely did NOT commit suicide, but died of AIDS, which was still very much a stigma in 1985. He died in 1994. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. Frey remained as GM through the 1991 season, when he was replaced by Larry Himes after Frey's power Works Leonard Frey Movies (8) There are 8 movies of Leonard Frey. The very talented actor Franklyn Seales, co-star of The Onion Field (1979) and star of many stage productions, died of AIDS at age 37. 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