Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt’s with deep sadness that we learn of the death of the English male model, songwriter, and musician. NICK KAMEN this week aged 59. It is just six years after his brother Barry passed away of a heart attack at 52. It is so sad that both left us fat too young. The pair … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterYesterday was a sad summer day in France as we lost our favorite English icon. Jane sang softly to us for the last time “Je t’aime” and we are all singing back to her “Nous non plus” with tears in our eyes. Thanks to her beauty, her freshness, her simple and relaxed manners, her childlike … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAs a young girl growing up in Nutbush Tennessee, Anna Mae Bullock liked to sing and recite movie dialogue to entertain her family – but by age 20 she had a new name— Tina Turner—and a blossoming music career with her partner, Ike. Tina embarked on her career in the late 1950s, while still … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe veteran British actress Sylvia Sims has died aged 89, and whilst ‘younger fands’ will remember her playing the Queen Mother opposite Dame Helen Mirren in the 2006 film The Queen, she will always be in Queerguru’s heart and mind for her performance in The Victim in 1961 This British neo noir suspense was a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPhilippe Venet, the French designer, and partner of the late Hubert de Givenchy has died in Paris. He was 91. Venet famously worked as an assistant to Elsa Schiaparelli from 1951 to 1953, and then worked beside Hubert de Givenchy at his couture house’s “tailleur” atelier through 1962, when Venet launched his own couture house. “As Monsieur … Continue reading