Although I wonder, had he lived, how well he would have been able to transition - because even between the early 80s and late 80s/early 90s the style of comedy in movies changed SO much. Smith died at 37 in 1994. His last appearance was in an episode of the television series Murder, She Wrote.. All those plays that won't get written now. R263 my mind always goes there, too. Paul Stevens, who played Brian Bancroft on Another World, died of AIDS. 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). I loved this song. I remember he was on E.T. He died in 1994. And he still looks healthy. Perhaps someone will write a more elaborated biography about this strange character, who appeared on the Merv Griffin Show during the late '70s, and slept with many of the hottest men of the era (you can find some of their comments on YouTube and DiscoMusic.com). Sadly, while playing Larry Kramer in a play about the impact of AIDS, he was a major whore. He was a model for Yves St. Laurent and others. Was it because of subpar acting or clutch-voice? Peter Burnell, who played Mike Powers on The Doctors, committed suicide after being diagnosed. Worsening health forced him to drop out of the production of "Grand Hotel" six months into the show's run. The reality is probably much more complex. They claimed it was from heart failure. He spent 20 years in the Air Force which has many gays but when Bob was in that was not allowed. The initial sort is by something called "STARmeter" with Rock Hudson heading the list. and I just saw R271's post. 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. Here's another shot. In one of entertainment's most bizarre career moves, he went straight from the Oscar nom to a role on the soap Another World. Yes, 196. Armstrong was dubbed. Richard Warwick portrayed Uncas in the 1971 tv series The Last of the Mohicans. WebLeonard Frey. Couldn't remmber his name. 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. I'm 65 and sometimes I forget it ever happened. He was a very sexy man. I remember your story! Oh, that's so sad. Glenn Frey, a co-founder of the Eagles and a hit-maker in his own right, died on January 18, 2016, at the age of 67. During the first season, Eleanor Parker received top billing as Sylvia Caldwell, executive secretary to John Bracken, who was sometimes heard but never seen, but Parker left the series after the first 16 episodes, citing the limited nature of her role. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. But any excuse to watch this What a sad thread. Apparently wasa heroin user. Uh Terry Lester died of AIDS complications, he wasted away and a heart attack did him in. Stephen Schwartz wrote a song about Bill Beyers' death, called "Life Goes On." He was Alfonso Ribeiro's dad on the show. However his list of gay conquests is rather substantial. Did it hurt when you pulled that out of your ass, r302? People just took the bus or a His obit says it was lymphoma which can be AIDS related. I went with this very smart theater friend of mine who leaned over and whispered after the big opening number where you meet all the characters, "The whole house will come down when the little dying Jewish man does his big "To Life!" A collection of cardboard tombstones, bound together with a rubber band. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. I moved to NYC as an 18 year-old in 1981, coinciding with the official beginning of the AIDS epidemic. He always pinged to me even though he was married and had a son. But his wife tells herself that he got it from drug use. R63 Daniel McDonald was married, had 2 kids and reportedly died of brain cancer. Frey received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1971 musical film Fiddler on the Roof. He was 49 years old. If so, it worked on me. (For more on Casablanca check out Larry Harris' book 'And Party Every Day' for the inside story of this wildly dysfunctional but highly productive label). 24 Aug 1988 (aged 49) New York, New York County (Manhattan), New How sad. right before he died, talking about how he had to hide the fact he had AIDS and no one would hire him, etc. And boy, did they! So many talented chorus men from the 80's. Mark Fotopolos, one of the most handsome guys in that chorus and a Broadway musical actor (as well as Thommie Walsh's one-time bf) died of AIDS in 1991, after living for quite a few years with HIV, and devoting himself to ACT-UP. A starring role in the short-lived prime-time soap Glitter (1984-85) followed, as did guest spots on The Love Boat and Hotel. He died of AIDS at age 29 in 1989; he claimed to have had an affair with actor Brad Davis, who himself contracted AIDS and committed suicide in 1991. He married 227 actress Alaina Reed in 1989 after appearing on the program. He was a dear friend, and I miss him to this day. Rollins was wonderful. Later, I turned on tv and it was Oscar night. Age discrimination, How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rainn Wilson, Super Mario Bros. surpasses $600 million to top the 2023 box office, Review: Thoughtful whimsy animates Haruki Murakami adaptation Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, An earthquake made Makoto Shinkai a disaster artist. Of the men, Im one of only 3 cast-members who was still alive in the 1990s. An incredibly nice man. He died in New York City. What happens to Helix Studio boys once theyre no longer twinks? Take a look at R181 - I had no idea about the Dan Hartman history. My ex was best friends with Julie in the 80s/90s and she was absolutely devastated after he died. 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. You know, it's true this is a sad thread and, yes, there are some ignorant comments here. R39 - Joel Crothers will always be Joe Haskell from Dark Shadows in my heart. He was very blonde (I saw him on stage a few times). Besides, singing on Broadway, Kim Milford also toured as a vocalist with British rock/jazz guitarist Jeff Beck's band in the 1970s. Tom obviously touched a lot of people with his talent and honesty. Died Place. Rue was an even bigger slut than Blanche. IMDb has a sortable database entitled "Most Popular Males Who Died Of "aids." This thread makes me so sad. Some people do get brain tumors in their 50s - and its a pretty swift decline. Wow, thank you, r166. During those times they just used other illnesses to cloak the real reasons but these were sexually active gay men who died young. [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 wonder if the TV artist Bob Ross died of AIDS. Scurvey ? His work for the Ritchie Family was all over the map with LP's like 'African Queens' rating quite high and ones like 'American Generation' quite low. He was on Broadway in the cast of "Hair" and starred in Fellini's "Satyricon" and a dozen other European B movies. There's an excellent article about Wade Nichols (Dennis Parker) on The Rialto Report, that includes interviews with his family and friends and some great pictures from his pre-fame days. In the fall of 1990, Hall was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles and required a blood transfusion, which was later discovered to be contaminated with HIV. btw, did Kim Milford really die of AIDS? [quote]I had no idea Howard E. Rollins died of AIDS. Performed in Comic Roles. He had a sexy high voice. Not an actor, but director Colin Higgins, who directed 9 to 5 (which I'm watching right now) and Foul Play. 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. Some features on this site require registration. 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. Dennis was one of the sweetest, kindest people I have ever Known. Jonathon Scott Taylor apparently retired from acting took a law degree and is living somewhere in England. He was bellissimo. Timothy Scott, 'Mistoffelees' in the original Broadway production of "Cats", February 24, 1988. Such a huge loss of talent all around. Christopher Bernau: won huge acclaim (as in, some said even better than Frank Langella in Bway version) for "Dracula" in an Off-Bway "Dracula" in - late 70's (I think; NYC gays, pls correct if am wrong with dates). There's no mention of AIDS-related death. R132 Anton Diffring was gay? Do not believe JST is his birth name but in any event if you can find out that bit of information it is easy to run to ground listings of solicitors/barristers in the UK. You know he died of LEG CANCER which is so unusual. Swen Swenson, who introduced this number in the original Broadway production of LITTLE ME. Daniel McDonald star of the musical Steel Pier. Eagles Manager Says Glenn Freys Death Caused Partly By Medications Following the death of Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey on Jan. 18 at the age of 67, This thread always bums me out when it resurfaces. And I was thinking exactly what you were thinking. Thanks for the info. So many beautiful young men snatched away before their time. During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. Hello. Much of the uncertainty in the queries sent my way arises from the misperception that a "They say Brad Davis got Aids from a needle transfusion ?". He died in 1996 from AIDS related Lymphoma. In 1991, in the year of Leonard H Frey's passing, on November 7th, legendary basketball player Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV. The 52 year old who died of AIDS in 1997. He was also prominent in the Beat It video. And who could ever forget Michael Jeter as Ethel Merman in "The Fisher King" ? Thanks for that link, r44. Here he is singing Cole Porter's "Love for Sale. Ray Sharkey was so gorgeous. Jeffrey Mylett, of the original cast/film version of "Godspell", died in 1986 at age 36. Nationality. This got me to thinking about lesser-known actors (or writers, athletes, etc.) Sarah Jessica Parker 'dated' Timothy Murphy, played David Oliver's wife and co-starred with Merrit Butrick. I haven't read about the dust thing. WebIs Leonard Frey still alive? It had been well Speaking of, how is Hal Rubenstein still alive? About a dozen men from the original Broadway production of Evita. However, lots and lots of men in their 30s and 40s died unusually young from cancer or pneumonia :P A high school friend, a talent musician, died of aids. Peter Coffield who was in a ton of TV series and TV movies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as commercials. Didn't Billy Preston die in the last decade? Ray Sharkey was so hot. She had been very upset by Carolyn Jones' death. Now it's all amusement park Disney crap with unimaginative staging. On Nov 16, 2017, Leonards manager, Robert Kory, issued a widely published statement 2 about the cause of death: Leonard Cohen died during his sleep following a fall in the middle of the night on Nov. 7. I'm reading this thread alongside the "People Who Lived Through the AIDS Onset" and it's been an education, tragic and moving. With Brad's death, it was always about AIDS. But thank you for posting R10 and R14, Leonard Frey was not the only Boys in the Band cast member who died of AIDS. 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. Frey remained as GM through the 1991 season, when he was replaced by Larry Himes after Frey's power He appears to have died of AIDS in the mid1980s, and his partner, Gerald Mast, a film historian, died a few years later. It appears his mother and ex-wife kept AIDS out of his obituary to protect his young daughter's memory of him. Then it hit me - he was going to the Oscar party at Elaine's, the only non-dangerous place in the neighborhood back in the glory days of homelessness and crack. Sad. 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.'' [quote]Merritt Buttrick, Kirk's son David in Star Trek II/II, died at age 30 in 1989. 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 I remember Dack Rambo discussing his diagnosis on some talk show when I got home from school. Ooh, you should see what Robby Benson has to say about Queen Curtis in his autobiography. 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). The rise of rap had nothing to do with AIDS, not to mention that rap had its AIDS deaths as well. He sure was! Bless him. He had no money at his death, so she didn't get anything. Brad Davis' wife wrote a book, based on the fact that he died of aids. Died of AIDS - early 90s, I think. And then there's that other role we remember Leonard Frey for, R10: People in the US know Denholm Elliott from Indiana Jones and "A Room with a View.". (I had a crush on him and nearly satisfied it many moons ago.) - Susan Brooks. I loved her. R148: Could you be thinking of Gene Anthony Ray? Frey was born in Brooklyn, New York. They seemed to get along famously. What a peculiar and erroneous notion, r111. 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. 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. [quote]Crothers' longtime EDGE OF NIGHT co-star, Dennis Parker (who also went by the name Wade Nichols in some porn flicks), died eight months earlier. Leonard H Frey was born on November 28, 1912, and died at age 78 years old on October 10, 1991. He was also on some (I think syndicated) sitcom called We Got It Maid. I have to wonder if that was some sort of inside joke. If he returns to Covington, 30 miles east of Atlanta where filming started April 28 for the seventh season of Heat of the Night, he will be arrested and almost certainly jailed. Micheal Jeter From Evening Shade died of Aids. Bill Beyers, famous for 1980s daytime drama "Capitol", died at only 37 of AIDS in 1992. He was treated like a leper until his death. He also appeared in a number of TV productions, including Silver Spoons and Hill Street Blues. Adolph Archie, a petty criminal, escapes from a work release program, and trying to steal a car, he assaults a security guard, takes her gun and runs. Gary Bond, aged 55, who died in 1995. 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. [quote]Musical theatre for anyone with a brain died with AIDS. Later, Warwick played Judi Denchs brother-in-law in the sitcom A Fine Romance (1981-84). 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.). I don't think this has been mentioned yet but Julie Hagerty had a brother who was an acting teacher. [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. She noticed that he spent a lot of time with gay male "friends" but just chalked it up to his being very "gay friendly." I think it's the perfect kind of "interesting failure" type of film that is ripe for a remake. His mother stood a top height of 6'2" and his father stood 6'6." Here's a clip from the MTM episode. 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. 308, he is already mentioned repeatedly up thread [quote] During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. That DALLAS actor was so young and beautiful. He also did a lot of Broadway, with a featured role in the original Fiddler on the Roof and later in the movie. The late 70's early 80's were the height of whoredome with the bath houses filled to capacity. They say Brad Davis got Aids from a needle transfusion ? Even more depressing: the thought of the hundreds of actors, writers, comedians, etc. It does happen. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. Funny but when I first read the press release on Dr. Brandt, his publicist said an "illness " and didn't specify, and the first thing I thought was geez in this day and age people are still trying to cover up AIDS? According to a 2002 interview, German actor Arthur Brauss suggested that Diffring died of AIDS. He was a smart and lovely guy. 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. for your pointless bitchery needs. When I saw that movie for the first time--I was about 14 or so--I remember having crush on him, and then when he has that scene where he's in bed with the cute blonde Bobby Phillips, my heart nearly exploded. Died in 1992 at the age of 30. Speaking of Chores boys, I would say Michael C. Hall is HIV. He must have been a pushy bottom then.He was kind of an outcast in Germany as he was half Jewish. My Friend Leonard, was later discredited. Well that was true. His last appearance was in an episode of ''Murder, She Wrote.''. they still claim he only died of pneumonia and the dust from shooting out in the dessert, total croak of crap. About 15 years later, I heard Channing say in an interview that all the chorus boys in that show were dead of AIDS. Lenny Baker, star of Next Stop, Greenwich Village, died of cancer which was caused by AIDS in 1982. I still get chills. 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. He and his wife had two children. I thought he had been living with AIDS for 20 years, but it's 30, which is a huge difference. I had to go to IMDB to find out what happened to him. Was Anthony Perkins truly gay or just confused. [There is nothing more tedious than a race baiting troll. Get details on someones death such as date of death, place of death, surviving relatives, assets, and more! 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. Christopher Chadman, dancer and choreographer, who played Lewis in the video version of the stage show Pippin with William Katt and Chita Rivera, died of AIDS in 1995. I'll make sure of that. R207 Why is the post about Raul Julia offensive? He didn't technically die of HIV/AIDS, but it's believed that he committed suicide because of complications with the disease. [quote]For years, I thought that Keene Curtis died of AIDS. Warren Stevens provided the voice of the unseen Bracken. John Abineri portrayed Chingachgook (say that three times fast). [quote]The worst offender, may he rest in peaceherb ritts. 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. Antony Hamilton, the hottie who replaced Jon Erik Hexum on "Cover Up". What a tragic story: John Megna, who played nerdy little Dilli in To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1979, Parker/Nichols became a regular cast member on 'The Edge of Night', appearing for five years as Police Chief, Derek Mallory. Peter Tramm the substitute dancer for Kevin Bacon in Footloose. Both Larry Kert's and Timothy Scott's memorial services were held at the Winter Garden Theatre, theaters where they had their biggest successes. 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. R232 is that Idolmaker remake ever happening? Howard Rollins from In the Heat of the Night, Whoops I'm late. 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. Did so many actors, and other people in show business, who died of AIDS have their families, and managers etc, go to such extremes to cover up the real cause of their deaths? Death location. 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. Strange that his memory was treated so shabbily in the Crystal Skull fiasco His name was Michael, r278. Frey was attending the Oscar night party at Elaine's. @205, Not according to IMDB. He also played Clare Quilty in the Alan Jay Lerner musical Lolita, My Love which closed, before reaching Broadway, in 1971. 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