Gay M. Shirley Obuary (1942 - 2021) | Sat Petersburg, Florida

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• HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE
• DPE HIS OBV FRIENDSHIP WH TONY LIP, DON SHIRLEY NEVER CAME OUT AS GAY
• GAY M. SHIRLEY OBUARY
• THE GENI—AND GAYNS—OF PENNY MARSHALL AND "LAVERNE & SHIRLEY"UNRNEATH THE OVER-THE-TOP S TRAPPGS, THE SHOW WAS A REALISTIC TAKE ABOUT THE RT OF {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;}LIFEBY DAVID TOSATDECEMBER 21, 2018/11:59 {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:2797PX;WIDTH:4190PX;}ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTYUNITED STATES - JULY 01: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - "WHY DID THE FIREMAN..." 2/4/80 CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)BY DAVID TOSATDECEMBER 21, 2018 / 11:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GENI—AND GAYNS—OF PENNY MARSHALL AND \"LAVERNE & SHIRLEY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-12-21T16:59:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-12-21T16:59:47.000+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":"DAVID TOSAT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}WHEN PENNY MARSHALL PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 18, 2018, THERE WAS A LOT OF VERAGE OF HER ROLE AS LAVERNE DEFAZ, ONE HALF OF THE H TV DUO THAT WAS LAVERNE & SHIRLEY (THE OTHER BEG SHIRLEY FEENEY PLAYED BY CDY WILLIAMS), THE S THAT AIRED OM 1976 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;}WHAT MOST OF THAT VERAGE FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WAS JT HOW BRILLIANT THE SHOW WAS, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST FEW SEASONS. AIRG THE TIME OF ALL THE FAY AND THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, L&S MAY HAVE BEEN NSIRED TOO FLUFFY TO BE TAKEN SERLY: IT WAS A HAPPY DAYS SP-OFF THAT CLUD TWO WHACKY NEIGHBORS NAMED LENNY AND SQUIGGY AND LOTS OF PHYSIL {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;}THE GENI OF THE SHOW’S BEGNGS— LOST S FOOTG WHEN THE GALS MOVED TO CALIFORNIA A LATER SEASON—LAY MANY THGS, MOST SIGNIFINTLY THE TERACTNS BETWEEN S LEADS, TWO WONRFUL ACTRS WHO WERE DRAWN TO EACH OTHER’S IC STYLGS LIKE IRREPRSIBLE {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;}MARSHALL WAS THE PHYSIL PERFORMER, BRASSY AND LOUD, WHO ULD BOWL WHILE HIGH JT AS EASILY AS SHE ULD SLI UNRNEATH A HOSPAL BED. WILLIAMS WAS PRIM AND PROPER, A MASTER AT QUICK TRANSNS AND CUTE-AS-BUTTON HATS, SWCHG OM AD-ON LGHTER TO ADPAN SERNS QUICKER THAN YOU ULD SHOUT OUT “SCHLEMIEL! SCHLIMAZEL” DURG THE OPENG {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 THE SHOW SELF WAS GAY-RELATABLE AS HELL.ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/CONTRIBUTORUNITED STATES - JULY 01: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - "TAKE TWO, THEY'RE SMALL" 11/22/79 JIMMY BISE, CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL, TOMMY MADN (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}FROM LEFT: JIMMY BISE, CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL, TOMMY {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;}WAY BEFORE THE GOLN GIRLS DISHED OVER CHEEKE MIAMI, THIS SHOW SPOTLIGHTED TWO MISF WOMEN WHO LIVED A MILWKEE BASEMENT, WORKED AT A BREWERY, AND DREAMED OF FDG PRCE CHARMG TO TAKE THEM AWAY. THEY WERE TWO CRELLAS WH FOUR LEFT FEET. CONSIRG WAS SET THE 1950S AND BOTH WOMEN WEREN’T YET MARRIED, THEY PRACTILLY WERE OVER 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;}NEHER CHARACTER WAS DOTED ON FOR HER LOOKS, NEHER HAD A LLEGE GREE, AND BOTH SPENT THEIR DAYS FIGHTG OFF THE “BIMBO” IMAGE THE POPULAR GIRLS WOULD ATTACH TO THEM—Y, THEY WERE SLUT-SHAMED BY MEAN MARRIED GIRLS SPE THE FACT THAT, TO THE BT OF OUR TV KNOWLEDGE, THEY DIDN’T {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;}THEY ALSO HAD CARME RAGA (EDDIE MEKKA), SHIRLEY’S SEXY ON-AND-OFF BOYIEND WHO WRTLED AND DANCED AND SANG, AND WHO WAS OFTEN SHIRTLS AND SAVG THE TWO GIRLS OM WHATEVER MAYHEM THEY'D {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;}OF THE TWO, SHIRLEY WAS THE DREAMER, ALWAYS CERTA NO MATTER HOW MANY TIM DAT WENT SOUR (WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH EVERY EPISO) THAT TOMORROW WOULD BRG THE GIRLS BETTER LUCK. AND, EVENTUALLY, A DOCTOR! LAVERNE WAS THE REALIST, HAPPY TO HOOK UP WH THE CUTT GUY AT THE PIZZA BOWL, AND—SAVE FOR HER BT IEND’S TERFERENCE—READY TO LET HER REPUTATN DROP WH HER POODLE SKIRT.ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTYUNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY - OPENG TL - 1976, PENNY MARSHALL, CDY WILLIAMS, (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}NOT UNLIKE MARSHALL HERSELF, LAVERNE RONATED WH LBIAN VIEWERS. THE CHARACTER WAS A TOMBOY WHO EXCELLED AT SPORTS AND SPOKE WH A THICK NEW YORK ACCENT AND KNEW HOW TO THROW A PUNCH—SOME OF THE FUNNIT EPISOS VOLVE HER SPARRG WH “BIG ROSIE” GREENBM (CAROL ITA WHE), FIGHTS THAT EVABLY END WH SHIRLEY LLG A TCE. SHE ULD HOLD HER OWN WH THE FONZ (HENRY WKLER, WHO MA OCSNAL GUT APPEARANC), AND HAD A ROCK' BODY ACCENTUATED BY TIGHT SWEATERS AND—WA, WHAT DID THAT SEWN-ON “L” REALLY STAND FOR?{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;}LIKE ALL CLASSIC SS, ’S MON TO PLAY THE “WHICH CHARACTER ARE YOU?” WHEN WATCHG L&S. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LEADS AND OTHER SHOWS’ CHARACTERS, HOWEVER, IS THAT WHEN YOU WATCH THEIR TERACTNS YOU WANT TO BE A BATN OF THEM {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;}MOST OF WOULD LIKE TO BE SWEPT OFF OUR FEET BY THE PERFECT MAN WH THE PERFECT JOB WHO WILL TAKE TO THAT HOE WH THE WHE PICKET FENCE. MOST OF ALSO SEE A HOT GUY AND WANT TO SKIP THE K AND PEPSI FAVOR OF A GOOD TIME.ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTYUNITED STATES - JUNE 30: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - "WHAT DO YOU DO WH A DNKEN SAILOR?" 10/18/79 CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}LAVERNE & SHIRLEY TOUCHED A IC NERVE BEE WAS ABOUT TE IENDSHIP AN OFTEN UNKD WORLD. THE IENDS DIDN’T HAVE FABULO HAIRSTYL AND AN APARTMENT THEY ULD NEVER ACTUALLY AFFORD—BUT GOD DID THAT BASEMENT LOOK ODDLY GLAMORO. THEY DIDN’T DRK ALL NIGHT NEW YORK CY AND STILL RETA THEIR PERFECT FIGUR OVER MUFFS AND MAN-TALK 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;}UNRNEATH THE OVER-THE-TOP S TRAPPGS (THE EPISO “LAVERNE & SHIRLEY MEET FABIEN” IS SLAPSTICK PERFECTN), THE SHOW WAS A REALISTIC TAKE ABOUT THE RT OF , THOSE WHO AREN’T VED TO THE BT PARTI AND DON’T HAVE THE MOST MONEY AND AREN’T THE FIRST ON ASKED TO THE DANCE. THEY WERE REAL WOMEN LIVG AN UNCERTA TIME AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WHO WATCHED ULD RELATE TO THEIR {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 BEE THEY WERE SO DAMN GOOD AT , WE ACHED FOR ALL THEIR DREAMS TO E {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;}TO HONOR PENNY MARSHALL, LOGO IS AIRG A LAVERNE & SHIRLEY MARATHON 12-8PM ET THIS FRIDAY 12/{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
• SHIRLEY GAY FOUND 278 PEOPLE GEIA, FLORIDA AND 43 OTHER STAT
• SHIRLEY A. GAY
• OBUARY OF SHIRLEY IRENE GAY

HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE

The scene as a shock: Shirley has been largely solo most of the film, and there is no ditn until then that he is eher gay (ed, there is mentn of a past marriage to a woman) or bisexual. Tony dit he’s acceptg of gay people om his time workg New York nightclubs.

A few weeks ago Jsie Smollett, a star of the Fox show “Empire” and a sger-songwrer, was hospalized after he was attacked Chigo by two men shoutg racial and homophobic slurs at him, acrdg to a police statement. (Ined other lbian, gay and trans people of lor face siar threats. And by not explorg Shirley’s lived experience, the film allows to move past the threat that he, Smollett and others aren’t many black and gay characters popular films and shows today.

DPE HIS OBV FRIENDSHIP WH TONY LIP, DON SHIRLEY NEVER CAME OUT AS GAY

Wh that drama wng the Amy Award for bt picture jt two years ago (and wh Ali wng bt supportg actor for his role as a sympathetic adult a gay black boy’s life), “Green Book” feels like a Shirley’s fay has been outspoken about how the film mischaracteriz him and his relatnship to them.

Dpe His Obv Friendship Wh Tony Lip, Don Shirley Never Came Out as Gay. Don Shirley never me out as gay.

GAY M. SHIRLEY OBUARY

After the release of the movie, Green Book people were cur to learn more rmatn about Don Shirley cludg if he was gay or not.

Don Shirley Never Came Out as Gay: All Rumors Are Fan-Generated Speculatn. It's unclear if Don Shirley who hired Tony Lip as his bodyguard as shown Green Book was gay or not as he never announced that he was attracted to guys.

He was thought to be gay but Shirley was married at one pot to Jean C. Many fans didn't believe the reason for Don Shirley's divorce; they have speculatn that Shirley got divorced bee he was gay and he didn't feel that way about women and he realized that after his marriage.

THE GENI—AND GAYNS—OF PENNY MARSHALL AND "LAVERNE & SHIRLEY"UNRNEATH THE OVER-THE-TOP S TRAPPGS, THE SHOW WAS A REALISTIC TAKE ABOUT THE RT OF {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;}LIFEBY DAVID TOSATDECEMBER 21, 2018/11:59 {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:2797PX;WIDTH:4190PX;}ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTYUNITED STATES - JULY 01: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - "WHY DID THE FIREMAN..." 2/4/80 CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)BY DAVID TOSATDECEMBER 21, 2018 / 11:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GENI—AND GAYNS—OF PENNY MARSHALL AND \"LAVERNE & SHIRLEY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-12-21T16:59:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-12-21T16:59:47.000+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":"DAVID TOSAT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}WHEN PENNY MARSHALL PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 18, 2018, THERE WAS A LOT OF VERAGE OF HER ROLE AS LAVERNE DEFAZ, ONE HALF OF THE H TV DUO THAT WAS LAVERNE & SHIRLEY (THE OTHER BEG SHIRLEY FEENEY PLAYED BY CDY WILLIAMS), THE S THAT AIRED OM 1976 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;}WHAT MOST OF THAT VERAGE FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WAS JT HOW BRILLIANT THE SHOW WAS, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST FEW SEASONS. AIRG THE TIME OF ALL THE FAY AND THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, L&S MAY HAVE BEEN NSIRED TOO FLUFFY TO BE TAKEN SERLY: IT WAS A HAPPY DAYS SP-OFF THAT CLUD TWO WHACKY NEIGHBORS NAMED LENNY AND SQUIGGY AND LOTS OF PHYSIL {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;}THE GENI OF THE SHOW’S BEGNGS— LOST S FOOTG WHEN THE GALS MOVED TO CALIFORNIA A LATER SEASON—LAY MANY THGS, MOST SIGNIFINTLY THE TERACTNS BETWEEN S LEADS, TWO WONRFUL ACTRS WHO WERE DRAWN TO EACH OTHER’S IC STYLGS LIKE IRREPRSIBLE {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;}MARSHALL WAS THE PHYSIL PERFORMER, BRASSY AND LOUD, WHO ULD BOWL WHILE HIGH JT AS EASILY AS SHE ULD SLI UNRNEATH A HOSPAL BED. WILLIAMS WAS PRIM AND PROPER, A MASTER AT QUICK TRANSNS AND CUTE-AS-BUTTON HATS, SWCHG OM AD-ON LGHTER TO ADPAN SERNS QUICKER THAN YOU ULD SHOUT OUT “SCHLEMIEL! SCHLIMAZEL” DURG THE OPENG {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 THE SHOW SELF WAS GAY-RELATABLE AS HELL.ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/CONTRIBUTORUNITED STATES - JULY 01: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - "TAKE TWO, THEY'RE SMALL" 11/22/79 JIMMY BISE, CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL, TOMMY MADN (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}FROM LEFT: JIMMY BISE, CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL, TOMMY {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;}WAY BEFORE THE GOLN GIRLS DISHED OVER CHEEKE MIAMI, THIS SHOW SPOTLIGHTED TWO MISF WOMEN WHO LIVED A MILWKEE BASEMENT, WORKED AT A BREWERY, AND DREAMED OF FDG PRCE CHARMG TO TAKE THEM AWAY. THEY WERE TWO CRELLAS WH FOUR LEFT FEET. CONSIRG WAS SET THE 1950S AND BOTH WOMEN WEREN’T YET MARRIED, THEY PRACTILLY WERE OVER 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;}NEHER CHARACTER WAS DOTED ON FOR HER LOOKS, NEHER HAD A LLEGE GREE, AND BOTH SPENT THEIR DAYS FIGHTG OFF THE “BIMBO” IMAGE THE POPULAR GIRLS WOULD ATTACH TO THEM—Y, THEY WERE SLUT-SHAMED BY MEAN MARRIED GIRLS SPE THE FACT THAT, TO THE BT OF OUR TV KNOWLEDGE, THEY DIDN’T {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;}THEY ALSO HAD CARME RAGA (EDDIE MEKKA), SHIRLEY’S SEXY ON-AND-OFF BOYIEND WHO WRTLED AND DANCED AND SANG, AND WHO WAS OFTEN SHIRTLS AND SAVG THE TWO GIRLS OM WHATEVER MAYHEM THEY'D {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;}OF THE TWO, SHIRLEY WAS THE DREAMER, ALWAYS CERTA NO MATTER HOW MANY TIM DAT WENT SOUR (WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH EVERY EPISO) THAT TOMORROW WOULD BRG THE GIRLS BETTER LUCK. AND, EVENTUALLY, A DOCTOR! LAVERNE WAS THE REALIST, HAPPY TO HOOK UP WH THE CUTT GUY AT THE PIZZA BOWL, AND—SAVE FOR HER BT IEND’S TERFERENCE—READY TO LET HER REPUTATN DROP WH HER POODLE SKIRT.ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTYUNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY - OPENG TL - 1976, PENNY MARSHALL, CDY WILLIAMS, (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}NOT UNLIKE MARSHALL HERSELF, LAVERNE RONATED WH LBIAN VIEWERS. THE CHARACTER WAS A TOMBOY WHO EXCELLED AT SPORTS AND SPOKE WH A THICK NEW YORK ACCENT AND KNEW HOW TO THROW A PUNCH—SOME OF THE FUNNIT EPISOS VOLVE HER SPARRG WH “BIG ROSIE” GREENBM (CAROL ITA WHE), FIGHTS THAT EVABLY END WH SHIRLEY LLG A TCE. SHE ULD HOLD HER OWN WH THE FONZ (HENRY WKLER, WHO MA OCSNAL GUT APPEARANC), AND HAD A ROCK' BODY ACCENTUATED BY TIGHT SWEATERS AND—WA, WHAT DID THAT SEWN-ON “L” REALLY STAND FOR?{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;}LIKE ALL CLASSIC SS, ’S MON TO PLAY THE “WHICH CHARACTER ARE YOU?” WHEN WATCHG L&S. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LEADS AND OTHER SHOWS’ CHARACTERS, HOWEVER, IS THAT WHEN YOU WATCH THEIR TERACTNS YOU WANT TO BE A BATN OF THEM {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;}MOST OF WOULD LIKE TO BE SWEPT OFF OUR FEET BY THE PERFECT MAN WH THE PERFECT JOB WHO WILL TAKE TO THAT HOE WH THE WHE PICKET FENCE. MOST OF ALSO SEE A HOT GUY AND WANT TO SKIP THE K AND PEPSI FAVOR OF A GOOD TIME.ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTYUNITED STATES - JUNE 30: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - "WHAT DO YOU DO WH A DNKEN SAILOR?" 10/18/79 CDY WILLIAMS, PENNY MARSHALL (PHOTO BY ABC PHOTO ARCHIV/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}LAVERNE & SHIRLEY TOUCHED A IC NERVE BEE WAS ABOUT TE IENDSHIP AN OFTEN UNKD WORLD. THE IENDS DIDN’T HAVE FABULO HAIRSTYL AND AN APARTMENT THEY ULD NEVER ACTUALLY AFFORD—BUT GOD DID THAT BASEMENT LOOK ODDLY GLAMORO. THEY DIDN’T DRK ALL NIGHT NEW YORK CY AND STILL RETA THEIR PERFECT FIGUR OVER MUFFS AND MAN-TALK 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;}UNRNEATH THE OVER-THE-TOP S TRAPPGS (THE EPISO “LAVERNE & SHIRLEY MEET FABIEN” IS SLAPSTICK PERFECTN), THE SHOW WAS A REALISTIC TAKE ABOUT THE RT OF , THOSE WHO AREN’T VED TO THE BT PARTI AND DON’T HAVE THE MOST MONEY AND AREN’T THE FIRST ON ASKED TO THE DANCE. THEY WERE REAL WOMEN LIVG AN UNCERTA TIME AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WHO WATCHED ULD RELATE TO THEIR {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 BEE THEY WERE SO DAMN GOOD AT , WE ACHED FOR ALL THEIR DREAMS TO E {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;}TO HONOR PENNY MARSHALL, LOGO IS AIRG A LAVERNE & SHIRLEY MARATHON 12-8PM ET THIS FRIDAY 12/{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

Well, nothg n be said about this as Don Shirley never me out but some people still believe that he was gay.

SHIRLEY GAY FOUND 278 PEOPLE GEIA, FLORIDA AND 43 OTHER STAT

Don Shirley never acknowledged beg gay. If Don Shirley was gay then was never revealed. In a reply to a qutn about who the simple Sellers character is when she first meets him, Eve hilarly mishears "Chance, the garner" as "Chncey Garder, " and the rt is urse, most of gay men of a certa age -- and then some --will always remember her Steel Magnolias, where she and the late Olympia Dakis played warrg adversari who were bt iends.

The film has bee a sort of g-of-age movie for gay men, and maly bee of our love of MacLae's acerbic character Louisa "Ouiser" Boudrex. MacLae has long believed and wrten and spoken about her 2011 book, I'm Over All That: And Other Confsns, she wrote, "One of the explanatns for homosexualy and transgenrism uld, I believe, be a profound intifitn wh a recent rnatn as a member of the oppose sex. Was I ever gay?

SHIRLEY A. GAY

First, jt cur, who was or is your bt gay iend or iends? Gay men have been such an important part of my life forever. To me, there was no separatn, other words, I never looked at someone and said, "Oh, he's gay.

As you know, people are not jt g out as gay, lbian, bi, or trans. Wrer Nick Vallelonga acknowledg that “He never me out that he was gay. It is wh great sadns that we announce the ath of Gay M.

Schlimazel” durg the openg the show self was gay-relatable as left: Jimmy Bise, Cdy Williams, Penny Marshall, Tommy before The Goln Girls dished over cheeke Miami, this show spotlighted two misf women who lived a Milwkee basement, worked at a brewery, and dreamed of fdg Prce Charmg to take them away. -Tony Lip Aud Interview"[Don Shirley] never me out that he was gay.

OBUARY OF SHIRLEY IRENE GAY

" There were mours that Shirley was gay, and a scene  Green Book allus to an enunter he had while tourg the Deep South, but the film's -wrer and -producer Nick Vallelonga (son of the film's protagonist, Frank) says Shirley never addrsed his sexual orientatn suffered om tendisWh the exceptn of a 2001 album, Shirley stopped rerdg mic after 1972 and he also dialed back on live performanc. (One cint the film relat to a gay enunter Shirley had durg the tour, though Vallelonga said that Shirley never me out as homosexual real life. That was the one which Shirley is arrted for solicg gay sex at a YMCA, only to have Vallelonga bribe a p to lettg him go wh a warng.