Queen Elizabeth's is expected to wed the first same-sex royal weddg this summer — but he is far om the first gay Brish royal, acrdg to historians.
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- MAN NVICTED 2000 VIRGIA GAY BAR SHOOTG DI PRISON
- ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
MAN NVICTED 2000 VIRGIA GAY BAR SHOOTG DI PRISON
Ronald Edward Gay died while servg life sentenc for attackg a Virgia gay bar. A man sentenced to four nsecutive life terms prison for the September 2000 shootg at a gay bar Roanoke, Virgia, which one man lost his life and six others were wound, died of natural on Jan. A spokperson for the Department of Correctns told WSLS 10 TV News that Ronald Edward Gay died while beg treated at a hospal near the Deerfield Correctnal Center, a state prison where he had been livg as an mate.
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
Wns and law enforcement officials reported at the time of the shootg that a middle-aged man later intified as Gay arrived alone at Roanoke’s Backstreet Café, a popular gay bar, on the night of Sept.
Acrdg to an acunt by an eyewns to the cint who spoke last week wh the Roanoke Tim newspaper, after orrg a beer and standg next to the bar for a short time, Gay reached to the long trench at he was wearg, pulled out a 9mm pistol, and fired a round “straight to the cht of 43-year-old Danny Overstreet, before openg fire on the rt of the bar. Six others, who were wound by bullets fired by Gay, later revered, but they and many others who were prent and wnsed the shootg were left emotnally srred, the Roanoke Tim reported.