Was Tommy Kirk gay? Ex-Disney child actor ad at 79

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Tommy Kirk, a very popular Disney child actor the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age of 79. Fans are now wonrg if the Old Yeller actor was gay.

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“OLD YELLER” STAR TOMMY KIRK PASS. DISNEY FIRED HIM WHEN HE WAS OUTED AS GAY.

Tommy Kirk, whose reer as a young leadg man Disney films like 'Old Yeller,' 'The Shaggy Dog' and 'Son of Flubber' me to an end, he said, after the stud disvered he was gay, has died. * gay old yeller *

Tommy Kirk – the legendary child actor who starred as Travis Coat Old Yeller and whose work for Disney me to an end when he was outed as gay – has passed away at the age of 79. Throughout this time, Kirk would later say that he knew he was gay and “sperately unhappy. “I knew I was gay, but I had no outlet for my feelgs, ” he told Kev Mton for a 1993 book.

They uld add two and two, and I thk they were begng to spect my homosexualy. He left show bs and me out as gay a 1973 terview. Tommy Kirk, whose reer as a young leadg man Disney films like Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and Son of Flubber me to an end, he said, after the stud disvered he was gay, has died.

“When I was about 17 or 18 years old, I fally admted to myself that [I was gay and] wasn’t gog to change, ” he told Kev Mton an terview for a 1993 article tled “Sex, Li, and Disney Tape: Walt’s Fallen Star” for Filmfax magaze. Photo by LMPC via Getty ImagWas Tommy Kirk gay?

WAS TOMMY KIRK GAY? EX-DISNEY CHILD ACTOR AD AT 79

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In his Facebook post mourng the loss of his ar iend Tommy, Pl wrote, “Tommy was gay and tranged om what remas of his blood-fay. ”Prevly, the actor had openly admted the tth about his sexualy and how affected his reer several a 1993 terview wh Filmfax magaze wrer Kev Mton, Tommy talked about realizg he was gay at age 17 or 18, and that his sexual orientatn had stroyed his reer.

CelebryActor Tommy Kirk shared he was fired at Disney the mid 1960s when he told them he was gay. Actor Tommy Kirk, who starred classic films like Old Yeller and The Shaggy Dog was fired at age 21 when productn pany Disney learned he was gay.

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Tommy Kirk who starred Old Yeller and the Hardy Boys seri shared that Disney fired him the 1960s for beg gay. * gay old yeller *

Kirk admted when he fally me to terms that he was gay as a teenager he didn’t believe that sharg this rmatn wh Disney would have nsequenc. Did Tommy Kirk know he would be fired for beg gay? “When I was about 17 or 18 years old, I fally admted to myself that [I was gay and] wasn’t gog to change, ” ET reports.

Disney wasn’t the only one who turned their backs on Kirk for beg gay. “Tommy was gay and tranged om what remas of his blood-fay. ” later suffered om dg addictn; me out as gay 1973.

Sal Meo: starred the 1958 Disney live-actn film “Tonka;” the late-60s, beme one of the first Hollywood stars to e out as gay; was murred 1976 at age 37. Jonathan Taylor Thomas: went om Disney TV seri to Disney films; appeared on the ver of gay perdil “The Advote. Matthew Morris: a 90s Moketeer; a homosexual who later abandoned Christiany to bee a Did.

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"Old Yeller" star Tommy Kirk pass. Disney fired him when he was outed as gay. - LGBTQ Natn .

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