Was Vcent Price Gay? Why Was His Sexualy Beg Qutned?

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• VCENT PRICE'S DGHTER CONFIRMS HE WAS BISEXUAL—AND A PRETTY AWOME DAD"AS I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT MY DAD'S SEXUALY... I'VE HAD THE CHOICE OF WHAT TO REVEAL AND WHAT NOT TO REVEAL," SAYS VICTORIA {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 22, 2015/8:55 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3148PX;WIDTH:3852PX;}JOHN SPRGER COLLECTN/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 22, 2015 / 8:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"VCENT PRICE'S DGHTER CONFIRMS HE WAS BISEXUAL—AND A PRETTY AWOME DAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-23T00:55:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-23T00:55:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"BISEXUAL","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANY, VCENT PRICE IS HOLLYWOOD'S FIVE MASTER OF THE MABRE—STAR OF THE ORIGAL FLY, HOE OF WAX, LRA, THE HOE ON HNTED HILL, AND THE P AND THE PENDULUM. (YOU YOUNGS MIGHT RELL HIM AS THE SISTER NARRATOR MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER" OR THE OLD VENTOR EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRICE WAS MARRIED THREE TIM, BUT MORS CIRCULATED THAT HE WAS SECRETLY GAY OR BISEXUAL. HIS OVER-THE-TOP VOICE AND MANNERISMS, HIS LOVE OF ART AND OKG— THOSE DAYS ADD UP TO "NOT STRAIGHT" MANY PEOPLE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW HIS DGHTER, VICTORIA PRICE, IS NFIRMG THE MORS—AND CLUG THAT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A GREAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH #BOOM MAGAZE CELEBRATG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE OF HER PARENTS' OKBOOK, A TREASURY OF GREAT RECIP, PRICE RELLS HER ACTOR FATHER G OUT TO HER WHEN SHE ME OUT TO HIM AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE SAID TO ME, 'YOU KNOW, I KNOW JT HOW YOU FEEL, BEE I HAVE HAD THE EP, LOVG RELATNSHIPS WH MEN MY LIFE—AND ALL MY WIV WERE JEALO,'" SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTORIA ADMS SHE'S BEEN PTERED ABOUT HER FATHER'S SEXUALY HER WHOLE LIFE. ONE TIME, AT A WT HOLLYWOOD NIGHTCLUB THE LATE 80S, CEMENTED HOW DISQUIETG SHE FOUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A BLOND WOMAN WH A WRY EXPRSN ME OVER TO ME AND SAID, "YOU'RE VCENT PRICE'S DGHTER. YOUR FATHER'S GAY, ISN'T HE?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON'T REMEMBER MY MUMBLED REPLY—EXCEPT THAT, SADLY, WASN'T VERY WTY—"I DON'T KNOW" OR "HE WAS MARRIED THREE TIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT I WAS SHOCKED. NOT BEE WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAD SUGGTED THAT HE MIGHT BE GAY OR AT THE VERY LEAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BEE, UNTIL THAT MOMENT, I HADN'T REALLY UNRSTOOD THE GREE TO WHICH MY 78-YEAR-OLD FATHER'S SEXUALY, WHATEVER MIGHT BE, HAD BEE PUBLIC PROPERTY TO BE DISCSED, ANALYZED, BANDIED ABOUT, AS ONE MIGHT SHARE A RECIPE OR CHAT ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VCENT PRCE MARRIED EDH BARRETT 1938. THEY DIVORCED A LATER AND HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY PRICE, VICTORIA'S MOTHER, OM 1949 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS LAST MARRIAGE WAS TO ACTRS CORAL BROWNE. THEY REMAED TOGETHER UNTIL HER ATH 1991, TWO YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN AT AGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AS I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT MY DAD'S SEXUALY... I'VE HAD THE CHOICE OF WHAT TO REVEAL AND WHAT NOT TO REVEAL," VICTORIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SCE I DIDN'T HEAR OM HIS MOUTH, I THK THAT EVERYTHG I HEAR WH A MEASURE OF HEARSAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY... I AM AS CLOSE TO CERTA AS I N BE THAT MY DAD HAD PHYSILLY TIMATE RELATNSHIPS WH MEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE THG THAT VICTORIA'S 100% CERTA ABOUT, THOUGH, IS THAT VCENT LOVED AND SUPPORTED THE LGBT MUNY.DONALDSON COLLECTN/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG VCENT PRICE, WIFE CORAL BROWNE POSE FOR A PORTRA CIR 1985 LOS ANGEL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY IENDS WERE REGULAR GUTS AT THE PRICE HOME THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS, WHERE VICTORIA GREW UP. "'UNCLE RUPERT' AND 'UNCLE FRANK' ME TO EVERY DNER PARTY AND WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER," SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND WHILE THE WORD [GAY] WAS NEVER MENTNED, WAS VERY MUCH THE NORM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, CLOSETED MATEE IDOL ROCK HUDSON WAS THEIR ACROSS-THE-STREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I REMEMBER AT 9 YEARS OLD GOG TO DROP SOMETHG OFF AT ROCK HUDSON'S HOE," SAYS VICTORIA. "THIS ABSOLUTELY BETIFUL MAN ME TO THE DOOR AND, MY 9-YEAR-OLD MD, I THOUGHT, OH... THAT'S HIS 'UNCLE FRANK' OR 'UNCLE RUPERT,' RIGHT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE DIDN'T BROADST HIS SEXUALY, BUT VCENT PRICE STOOD UP AND WAS UNTED WHEN MATTERED—ATTACKG ANA BRYANT'S ANTI-GAY CSA THE 1970S, JOG PFLAG AS AN HONORARY BOARD MEMBER, AND SHOOTG ONE OF THE FIRST CELEBRY PSAS TO ALLAY PUBLIC FEARS ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE MARRIED A BISEXUAL WOMAN [CORAL BROWNE] AND EVERYBODY ASSUMED THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A D," SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WASN'T A D. IT WAS A TOTALLY SEXUAL RELATNSHIP BUT THEY WERE TWO PEOPLE WH VERY OPEN-MD APPROACH AS TO WHAT LIFE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AND FOR THAT—PEOPLE WHO LIVED THIS TTH ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIV—THEY SHOULD BE HERO TO EVERY MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRICE WAS ALREADY MIDDLE-AGED WHEN HE HAD VICTORIA—AND 73 WHEN SHE ME OUT—BUT SHE SAYS "HE UNRSTOOD ME AT 22 BETTER THAN I UNRSTOOD MYSELF THEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HORROR LEGEND JT GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE UNRSTOOD THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 'S ABOUT WHO AND WHAT AND HOW WE LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WAS VCENT PRICE GAY? WHY WAS HIS SEXUALY BEG QUTNED?

VCENT PRICE'S DGHTER CONFIRMS HE WAS BISEXUAL—AND A PRETTY AWOME DAD"AS I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT MY DAD'S SEXUALY... I'VE HAD THE CHOICE OF WHAT TO REVEAL AND WHAT NOT TO REVEAL," SAYS VICTORIA {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 22, 2015/8:55 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3148PX;WIDTH:3852PX;}JOHN SPRGER COLLECTN/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 22, 2015 / 8:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"VCENT PRICE'S DGHTER CONFIRMS HE WAS BISEXUAL—AND A PRETTY AWOME DAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-23T00:55:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-23T00:55:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"BISEXUAL","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANY, VCENT PRICE IS HOLLYWOOD'S FIVE MASTER OF THE MABRE—STAR OF THE ORIGAL FLY, HOE OF WAX, LRA, THE HOE ON HNTED HILL, AND THE P AND THE PENDULUM. (YOU YOUNGS MIGHT RELL HIM AS THE SISTER NARRATOR MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER" OR THE OLD VENTOR EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRICE WAS MARRIED THREE TIM, BUT MORS CIRCULATED THAT HE WAS SECRETLY GAY OR BISEXUAL. HIS OVER-THE-TOP VOICE AND MANNERISMS, HIS LOVE OF ART AND OKG— THOSE DAYS ADD UP TO "NOT STRAIGHT" MANY PEOPLE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW HIS DGHTER, VICTORIA PRICE, IS NFIRMG THE MORS—AND CLUG THAT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A GREAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH #BOOM MAGAZE CELEBRATG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE OF HER PARENTS' OKBOOK, A TREASURY OF GREAT RECIP, PRICE RELLS HER ACTOR FATHER G OUT TO HER WHEN SHE ME OUT TO HIM AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE SAID TO ME, 'YOU KNOW, I KNOW JT HOW YOU FEEL, BEE I HAVE HAD THE EP, LOVG RELATNSHIPS WH MEN MY LIFE—AND ALL MY WIV WERE JEALO,'" SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTORIA ADMS SHE'S BEEN PTERED ABOUT HER FATHER'S SEXUALY HER WHOLE LIFE. ONE TIME, AT A WT HOLLYWOOD NIGHTCLUB THE LATE 80S, CEMENTED HOW DISQUIETG SHE FOUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A BLOND WOMAN WH A WRY EXPRSN ME OVER TO ME AND SAID, "YOU'RE VCENT PRICE'S DGHTER. YOUR FATHER'S GAY, ISN'T HE?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON'T REMEMBER MY MUMBLED REPLY—EXCEPT THAT, SADLY, WASN'T VERY WTY—"I DON'T KNOW" OR "HE WAS MARRIED THREE TIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT I WAS SHOCKED. NOT BEE WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAD SUGGTED THAT HE MIGHT BE GAY OR AT THE VERY LEAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BEE, UNTIL THAT MOMENT, I HADN'T REALLY UNRSTOOD THE GREE TO WHICH MY 78-YEAR-OLD FATHER'S SEXUALY, WHATEVER MIGHT BE, HAD BEE PUBLIC PROPERTY TO BE DISCSED, ANALYZED, BANDIED ABOUT, AS ONE MIGHT SHARE A RECIPE OR CHAT ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VCENT PRCE MARRIED EDH BARRETT 1938. THEY DIVORCED A LATER AND HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY PRICE, VICTORIA'S MOTHER, OM 1949 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS LAST MARRIAGE WAS TO ACTRS CORAL BROWNE. THEY REMAED TOGETHER UNTIL HER ATH 1991, TWO YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN AT AGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AS I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT MY DAD'S SEXUALY... I'VE HAD THE CHOICE OF WHAT TO REVEAL AND WHAT NOT TO REVEAL," VICTORIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SCE I DIDN'T HEAR OM HIS MOUTH, I THK THAT EVERYTHG I HEAR WH A MEASURE OF HEARSAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY... I AM AS CLOSE TO CERTA AS I N BE THAT MY DAD HAD PHYSILLY TIMATE RELATNSHIPS WH MEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE THG THAT VICTORIA'S 100% CERTA ABOUT, THOUGH, IS THAT VCENT LOVED AND SUPPORTED THE LGBT MUNY.DONALDSON COLLECTN/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG VCENT PRICE, WIFE CORAL BROWNE POSE FOR A PORTRA CIR 1985 LOS ANGEL, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY IENDS WERE REGULAR GUTS AT THE PRICE HOME THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS, WHERE VICTORIA GREW UP. "'UNCLE RUPERT' AND 'UNCLE FRANK' ME TO EVERY DNER PARTY AND WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER," SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND WHILE THE WORD [GAY] WAS NEVER MENTNED, WAS VERY MUCH THE NORM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, CLOSETED MATEE IDOL ROCK HUDSON WAS THEIR ACROSS-THE-STREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I REMEMBER AT 9 YEARS OLD GOG TO DROP SOMETHG OFF AT ROCK HUDSON'S HOE," SAYS VICTORIA. "THIS ABSOLUTELY BETIFUL MAN ME TO THE DOOR AND, MY 9-YEAR-OLD MD, I THOUGHT, OH... THAT'S HIS 'UNCLE FRANK' OR 'UNCLE RUPERT,' RIGHT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE DIDN'T BROADST HIS SEXUALY, BUT VCENT PRICE STOOD UP AND WAS UNTED WHEN MATTERED—ATTACKG ANA BRYANT'S ANTI-GAY CSA THE 1970S, JOG PFLAG AS AN HONORARY BOARD MEMBER, AND SHOOTG ONE OF THE FIRST CELEBRY PSAS TO ALLAY PUBLIC FEARS ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE MARRIED A BISEXUAL WOMAN [CORAL BROWNE] AND EVERYBODY ASSUMED THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A D," SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WASN'T A D. IT WAS A TOTALLY SEXUAL RELATNSHIP BUT THEY WERE TWO PEOPLE WH VERY OPEN-MD APPROACH AS TO WHAT LIFE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AND FOR THAT—PEOPLE WHO LIVED THIS TTH ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIV—THEY SHOULD BE HERO TO EVERY MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRICE WAS ALREADY MIDDLE-AGED WHEN HE HAD VICTORIA—AND 73 WHEN SHE ME OUT—BUT SHE SAYS "HE UNRSTOOD ME AT 22 BETTER THAN I UNRSTOOD MYSELF THEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HORROR LEGEND JT GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE UNRSTOOD THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 'S ABOUT WHO AND WHAT AND HOW WE LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Not bee was the first time someone had suggted that he might be gay or at the very least bee, until that moment, I hadn't really unrstood the gree to which my 78-year-old father's sexualy, whatever might be, had bee public property to be discsed, analyzed, bandied about, as one might share a recipe or chat about the weather.

"He didn't broadst his sexualy, but Vcent Price stood up and was unted when mattered—attackg Ana Bryant's anti-gay csa the 1970s, jog PFLAG as an honorary board member, and shootg one of the first celebry PSAs to allay public fears about AIDS.

WAS VCENT PRICE GAY? WHY WAS HIS SEXUALY BEG QUTNED?

He worked at a gas statn on the rner of North Van Ns Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, out of which, he says, he and a dre of his male and female iends serviced Hollywood celebri—many of them closeted homosexuals. They provid a safety zone for people whose reers would have been ed if the tth about them emerged the s before gay rights and the AIDS crisis. For inic stars like Montgomery Clift, Spencer Tracy and Kathare Hepburn, this meant fake marriag and relatnships, and secretive measur to disguise any homosexual activi they engaged .

Vcent Price, who was one of the most succsful actors the history of Hollywood and known for his genre-breakg work horror movi, was also vertly gay and a close iend of Stty's.

The documentary Celluloid Closet has a great sectn on “The Sissy, ” and turns out, sure enough, the guys were gay offscreen and Stty was hangg out wh them on a — seems like — weekly basis. So was fascatg to me that the onscreen sissi who were forced by the system to play the kd of weak, gay pansy typ were ed gay real life.

At the same time, the Los Angel Police Department was operatg a vice squad whose ma occupatn was the huiatn, extortn and g of gay and lbian people's liv, oftentim lln wh the prs.

Well, I thk there's really no parison bee on the surface, people n be out and gay and there are no morals cls as perta to sexualy. His bright persona, his iendships wh homosexual performers and artists, and his participatn the unrworld gay scene Hollywood are jt a few of the factors that have fueled the mors. Addnally, he had iendships wh many homosexual performers and artists, such as Andy Warhol, Tennsee Williams, and Liberace.

The stigma and illegaly of homosexualy persisted durg the 1950s and 1960s, and many people still saw as a moral failg or a psychiatric illns. Consequently, anyone who disregard tradnal genr rol or displayed “feme” characteristics was equently assumed to be gay or bisexual.

The mors may have been stoked by his flamboyant persona and iendships wh homosexual performers and artists, but ’s also possible that homophobia and prejudice played a role.