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GAY HISTORY: PL LYN 1926–1982
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| Photo: Getty ImagPAUL LYNDE WAS GAYLyn was a picture-perfect image of a edic geni on mera, but much of his personal life was shroud mystery.
COMEDIAN BCE VILANCH ON BEG MORE THAN A GAY RITURE
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| Photo: Getty ImagPAUL LYNDE ON "BEWITCHED" AND "HOLLYWOOD SQUARES"One of his gay rol was the 1960s classic ABC s, "Bewched. " In the seri, Lyn acted as Uncle Arthur — a gay man and uncle of the wch Samantha.