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UNSUNG GAY HERO BEHD THE BEATL’ SUCCS, BILLY PRTON, INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
Billy Prton sadly stggled throughout his life to pe wh his homosexualy, as well as the effects of the trmatic sexual abe he suffered as a boy. Although his sexual orientatn was known to iends and lleagu the mic world, he did not publicly e out as gay until jt before he died, largely bee he felt that nflicted wh his relig one stage, the early 1970s, Billy Prton was engaged to actrs and mol Kathy Silva. ”Although the tails did not bee fully known to the general public until after his ath, Prton stggled throughout his life to pe wh his homosexualy, and the lastg effects of the trmatic sexual abe he suffered as a boy.
Although his sexual orientatn beme known to iends and associat the mic world (such as Keh Richards), Prton did not publicly e out as gay until jt before he died, partly bee he felt that nflicted wh his eply held relig beliefs and his lifelong associatn wh the church. Although his sexual orientatn was known to close iends such as Keh Richards, Prton – bt known for his 1974 standard ‘You Are So Betiful’, later vered by Joe Cocker – had not e out publicly as a gay man.