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HOW A CLOSETED GAY PRODUCER MA ‘SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER’ A H FILM — LARGELY THANKS TO S SOUNDTRACK

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Fay and iends are wele to send flowers or leave their ndolenc on this memorial page and share them wh the was preceased by: his parents, Luther Gay and Mattie Lou Gidns Gay; and his grandson David Brooks Gay.

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He is survived by: his children, Keely Gay Basil of Woodstock, GA., Stuart Gay of Atlanta and Matthew Gay (Crystal) of Suwanne, GA.

; his signifint other Kim Swanson; his grandchildren, Elise Basil, Thomas Hardy Gay and Miller Gay; and his brothers, Jack Gay (Joan) of Moultrie, Jimmy Gay (Sharon) of Athens and Tommy Gay (Bobbie) of Crisp County. A gay sex scene was cut om Supernova Rsian Mosw Timreports that the film, which stars Col Firth and Stanley Tucci as long-term partners pg wh one's mentia diagnosis, was self-censored by film distributors there.

The fears are rooted Rsia's "gay propaganda" law, which prohibs LGBTQ+ visibily venu accsible to mors. This law has been ed to penalize people and productns for a broad and often vague range of 2019, distributors nixed scen of gay timacy Rocketman, the Elton John bpic, due to siar fears of breakg this law.

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