Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPatricia Nell Warren an out lesbian and the author of some of the most legendary gay novels has died aged 82. In the not too distant past when gay men had no absolutely male role models at all the arrival of Patricia Nell Warren’s novel The Front Runner was a god send. Published in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPeter Nichols the distinguished British playwright,screenwriter, director and journalist has just died at the age of 92. He penned award winning plays such as A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967), The National Health ( 1969), Forget-Me-Not-Lane ( 1971), Passion Play ( 1981, ) and Poppy ( 1982). He wrote Hearts and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe actor, singer and 1970’s teen pop idol David Cassidy died today in Fort Lauderdale aged 67. His breakthrough came with his role in The Partridge Family where he played alongside his step mother Shirley Jones, and his solo singing career that followed made him one of the most successful stars of that decade. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOut-gay Tony Award winning Brit actor 71 year old Roger Rees died last night in New York after a brief illness. Classically trained, he started his career with The Royal Shakespeare Company and created the title role in the original production of ‘The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby’, David Edgar’s stage adaptation of the Dickens … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe veteran Indian born British actor Saeed Jaffrey died at his home in London yesterday aged 86. This international star of both British and Bollywood movies had a very successful career that stretched back over 50 years and included such notable movies as ‘The Man Who Would Be King’, ‘A Passage to India’, ‘Gandhi’ etc. … Continue reading