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• WAS ROBERT OSBORNE GAY? CSE OF DEATH AND OBUARY
• ROBERT OSBORNE MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, CHILDREN, HEALTH, ILLNS, NET WORTH
• ONE YEAR LATER, TAB HUNTER’S HBAND RELLS ACTOR’S UNEXPECTED DEATH"HE WASN’T SICK; HE WASN’T ILL," REMEMBERS ALLAN GLASER, HUNTER'S WIDOWER. "WE HAD LUNCH 20 MUT BEFORE HE LLAPSED MY ARMS."{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJULY 9, 2019/3:48 {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:4060PX;WIDTH:3226PX;}HERBERT DORFMAN/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGTAB HUNTER (PHOTO BY HERBERT DORFMAN/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJULY 9, 2019 / 3:48 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ONE YEAR LATER, TAB HUNTER’S HBAND RELLS ACTOR’S UNEXPECTED DEATH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-09T19:48:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-09T19:48:13.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}ON JULY 9, 2018, HOLLYWOOD LEGEND TAB HUNTER UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 86, JT TWO DAYS SHY OF HIS BIRTHDAY ON JULY {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 HAD HIS BIRTHDAY RD ON MY SK. HE HAD A BLOOD CLOT HIS LEG THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT, AND DISLODGED AND WENT TO HIS LUNG, AND HE HAD A HEART ATTACK. AND THAT WAS ,” HUNTER’S PARTNER OF 35 YEARS, ALLAN GLASER, RELLS TO NEWNOWNEXT.TAYLOR HILL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: ALLAN GLASER AND PARTNER OF 30 YEARS TAB HUNTER VIS THE SIRIXM STUD ON OCTOBER 17, 2012 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY TAYLOR HILL/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;}“THERE WAS NOTHG WRONG WH HIM," GLASER NTU. "HE WASN’T SICK; HE WASN’T ILL. HE HAD JT RIDN HIS HORSE THE DAY BEFORE. WE HAD LUNCH 20 MUT BEFORE HE LLAPSED MY ARMS. I MEAN, A WEIRD WAY, I THK HIS TIME WAS UP.”{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;}HUNTER WAS A BLOND HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB WHO L UP THE SCREEN A STRG OF POPULAR MOVI THE 1950S AND ’60S, CLUDG DAMN YANKE, BATTLE CRY, AND RI THE WILD SURF. IN THE ’80S, HE HAD A REER RURGENCE THANKS TO THE "POPE OF TRASH" JOHN WATERS, WHO ST HIM POLYTER, OPPOSE DIVE. HUNTER ALSO APPEARED THE 1982 CULT CLASSIC GREASE 2 AND 1985’S LT THE DT. IT WAS DURG THE CREATN OF LT THAT HE MET HIS FUTURE HBAND, GLASER, A FOX PRODUCER TO WHOM HUNTER PCHED THE IA FOR THE {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;}HUNTER STEPPED OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT AGA UNTIL 2005, WHEN HE PUBLICLY ME OUT AS GAY HIS TELL ALL-MEMOIR TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL, -WRTEN WH EDDIE MULLER, NOTED FILM NOIR EXPERT AND HOST OF NOIR ALLEY ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVI (TCM).{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;}“TAB WAS NOT REALLY FORTABLE TALKG ABOUT HIS SEXUALY," MULLER TELLS NEWNOWNEXT, RELLG THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS LLABORATIVE PROCS WH THE PROLIFIC ONSCREEN HEARTTHROB. "HE WAS JT VERY, VERY PRIVATE THAT REGARD. HONTLY, I THK HE FELT MORE FORTABLE HAVG A STRAIGHT GUY BE HIS LLABORATOR THAN A GAY GUY BEE HE DIDN’T WANT THAT [HIS SEXUALY] TO BE THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL OF THE BOOK.”{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;}MULLER EXPLAED TO HUNTER THAT THE BOOK WAS BEG PUBLISHED THE FIRST PLACE BEE HE WAS “THE BIGGT LIVG GAY MOVIE STAR. BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT BY THE TIME WE FISH THE BOOK, THAT’S NOT GOG TO BE ALL THAT PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM ."{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;}HUNTER AND MULLER'S BOOK WAS EVENTUALLY MA TO AN EPONYMO DOCUMENTARY, WHICH WILL MAKE S TCM BUT ON HUNTER’S BIRTHDAY, JULY 11—KICKG OFF A MARATHON OF HIS MOVI, CLUDG GUNMAN’S WALK, THAT KD OF WOMAN, AND BATTLE {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;}“TAB HAD A WONRFUL RELATNSHIP WH TCM BEE THEY WERE ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HIM OVER THE YEARS. THEY WOULD OCSNALLY DO A BIRTHDAY SALUTE, OR VE HIM TO E TO SOMETHG THEY WERE DOG,” GLASER SAYS. “AND TAB WAS VERY IENDLY WH [TCM HOST] ROBERT OSBORNE. HE WAS A LOVELY MAN.”{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;}THANKS TO THE BLE WORK, HUNTER AND OSBORNE EVENTUALLY BEME IENDS, TCHG UP AT TCM EVENTS. “THEY BOTH LOVED CLASSIC FILMS," GLASER ADDS. "ROBERT WAS A WALKG ENCYCLOPEDIA; HE KNEW EVERYTHG ABOUT EVERYTHG. AND HE WAS A GENTLEMAN, AND SO WAS TAB. THEY BOTH NEVER DISCSED SEXUALY, ANYTHG LIKE THAT. THEY WERE JT TWO OLD-FASHNED GENTLEMEN WHO ENJOYED EACH OTHER’S PANY.”{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;}OSBORNE NEVER SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, BUT AFTER HIS ATH 2017, WAS REVEALED HE HAD BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH THEATER PRODUCER DAVID STALLER FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.ROMMEL DEMANO/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: (L-R) ROBERT OSBORNE AND TAB HUNTER ATTEND "TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL" SPECIAL SCREENG AT FILM FOM ON OCTOBER 12, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROMMEL DEMANO/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;}GLASER AND MULLER WILL BE -HOSTG THE TCM PREMIERE OF TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL, WH THE PAIR STG DOWN BEFORE AND AFTER THE FILM TO DISCS HUNTER’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;}"IT’S SOMETHG TAB WOULD HAVE LOVED," GLASER SAYS. "WHEN I TOLD TAB ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT I WANTED TO [SCREEN CONFINTIAL ON TCM]—BEE THE RIGHTS WERE EXPIRG—I SAID, 'WOULD YOU GO TALK WH ONE OF THE HOSTS?' AND HE AGREED. I’M ACTUALLY TAKG TAB’S PLACE AS ONE OF THE -HOSTS BEE WAS ONE OF THE LAST THGS HE AGREED TO DO TO PROMOTE THE DOCUMENTARY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAB AND EDDIE DISCSG .”{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 ASKED HOW HE PLANS TO CELEBRATE HUNTER'S BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR, GLASER EXPLAS THAT HE PLANS ON "HAVG SOME OF HIS CLOST IENDS OVER TO THE HOE TO WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE ON TCM." HE ALSO NOT THAT HE VISS HUNTER'S GRAVE EVERY WEEK TO LAY H FLOWERS, SO HE WILL BE DOG THAT AS {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 WANTED TO CREATE A LEGACY FOR TAB THAT WENT BEYOND HIS HOLLYWOOD 1950S IMAGE. THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO DO THE DOCUMENTARY," GLASER SAYS. "TAB WAS VERY HANT EVEN TO DO THE DOCUMENTARY, BUT I TALKED HIM TO . AND I’M REALLY GLAD I DID, BEE LEFT A LEGACY BEHD FOR HIM, SO PEOPLE N ACTUALLY SEE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HIS NTRIBUTNS WERE."SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR TAB HUNTER, CIR 1960. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/HULTON ARCHIVE/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;}IN THE END, GLASER SAYS HUNTER WAS GLAD HE'D AGREED TO MAKE THE DOCUMENTARY, TOO. IN FACT, WHAT HE LOVED MOST ABOUT THE FAL PRODUCT "WASN'T ANY OF THE MOVI WE TALKED 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;}"IT WAS ABOUT HIS MOTHER, AND HIS BROTHER, AND HIS LOVE FOR HORS, AND EVERYTHG THAT WENT OUTSI OF THE WORLD OF SHOW BS," GLASER NOT. "THAT’S WHAT HE APPRECIATED BEE THAT’S WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON. SOCIETY—AND WARNER BROS.—BUILT A WALL AROUND TAB THAT HE HAD TO NSTCT ONE BRICK AT A TIME, AND I THK THE FIRST BRICK THAT NSTCTN WAS WRG HIS TOBGRAPHY. I DO THK THE LAST BRICK, HAVG THAT WALL E DOWN, WAS DOG THE DOCUMENTARY."{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;}TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL PREMIER JULY 11 ON {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
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WAS ROBERT OSBORNE GAY? CSE OF DEATH AND OBUARY

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ONE YEAR LATER, TAB HUNTER’S HBAND RELLS ACTOR’S UNEXPECTED DEATH"HE WASN’T SICK; HE WASN’T ILL," REMEMBERS ALLAN GLASER, HUNTER'S WIDOWER. "WE HAD LUNCH 20 MUT BEFORE HE LLAPSED MY ARMS."{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJULY 9, 2019/3:48 {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:4060PX;WIDTH:3226PX;}HERBERT DORFMAN/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGTAB HUNTER (PHOTO BY HERBERT DORFMAN/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJULY 9, 2019 / 3:48 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ONE YEAR LATER, TAB HUNTER’S HBAND RELLS ACTOR’S UNEXPECTED DEATH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-09T19:48:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-09T19:48:13.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}ON JULY 9, 2018, HOLLYWOOD LEGEND TAB HUNTER UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 86, JT TWO DAYS SHY OF HIS BIRTHDAY ON JULY {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 HAD HIS BIRTHDAY RD ON MY SK. HE HAD A BLOOD CLOT HIS LEG THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT, AND DISLODGED AND WENT TO HIS LUNG, AND HE HAD A HEART ATTACK. AND THAT WAS ,” HUNTER’S PARTNER OF 35 YEARS, ALLAN GLASER, RELLS TO NEWNOWNEXT.TAYLOR HILL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: ALLAN GLASER AND PARTNER OF 30 YEARS TAB HUNTER VIS THE SIRIXM STUD ON OCTOBER 17, 2012 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY TAYLOR HILL/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;}“THERE WAS NOTHG WRONG WH HIM," GLASER NTU. "HE WASN’T SICK; HE WASN’T ILL. HE HAD JT RIDN HIS HORSE THE DAY BEFORE. WE HAD LUNCH 20 MUT BEFORE HE LLAPSED MY ARMS. I MEAN, A WEIRD WAY, I THK HIS TIME WAS UP.”{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;}HUNTER WAS A BLOND HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB WHO L UP THE SCREEN A STRG OF POPULAR MOVI THE 1950S AND ’60S, CLUDG DAMN YANKE, BATTLE CRY, AND RI THE WILD SURF. IN THE ’80S, HE HAD A REER RURGENCE THANKS TO THE "POPE OF TRASH" JOHN WATERS, WHO ST HIM POLYTER, OPPOSE DIVE. HUNTER ALSO APPEARED THE 1982 CULT CLASSIC GREASE 2 AND 1985’S LT THE DT. IT WAS DURG THE CREATN OF LT THAT HE MET HIS FUTURE HBAND, GLASER, A FOX PRODUCER TO WHOM HUNTER PCHED THE IA FOR THE {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;}HUNTER STEPPED OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT AGA UNTIL 2005, WHEN HE PUBLICLY ME OUT AS GAY HIS TELL ALL-MEMOIR TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL, -WRTEN WH EDDIE MULLER, NOTED FILM NOIR EXPERT AND HOST OF NOIR ALLEY ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVI (TCM).{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;}“TAB WAS NOT REALLY FORTABLE TALKG ABOUT HIS SEXUALY," MULLER TELLS NEWNOWNEXT, RELLG THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS LLABORATIVE PROCS WH THE PROLIFIC ONSCREEN HEARTTHROB. "HE WAS JT VERY, VERY PRIVATE THAT REGARD. HONTLY, I THK HE FELT MORE FORTABLE HAVG A STRAIGHT GUY BE HIS LLABORATOR THAN A GAY GUY BEE HE DIDN’T WANT THAT [HIS SEXUALY] TO BE THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL OF THE BOOK.”{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;}MULLER EXPLAED TO HUNTER THAT THE BOOK WAS BEG PUBLISHED THE FIRST PLACE BEE HE WAS “THE BIGGT LIVG GAY MOVIE STAR. BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT BY THE TIME WE FISH THE BOOK, THAT’S NOT GOG TO BE ALL THAT PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM ."{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;}HUNTER AND MULLER'S BOOK WAS EVENTUALLY MA TO AN EPONYMO DOCUMENTARY, WHICH WILL MAKE S TCM BUT ON HUNTER’S BIRTHDAY, JULY 11—KICKG OFF A MARATHON OF HIS MOVI, CLUDG GUNMAN’S WALK, THAT KD OF WOMAN, AND BATTLE {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;}“TAB HAD A WONRFUL RELATNSHIP WH TCM BEE THEY WERE ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HIM OVER THE YEARS. THEY WOULD OCSNALLY DO A BIRTHDAY SALUTE, OR VE HIM TO E TO SOMETHG THEY WERE DOG,” GLASER SAYS. “AND TAB WAS VERY IENDLY WH [TCM HOST] ROBERT OSBORNE. HE WAS A LOVELY MAN.”{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;}THANKS TO THE BLE WORK, HUNTER AND OSBORNE EVENTUALLY BEME IENDS, TCHG UP AT TCM EVENTS. “THEY BOTH LOVED CLASSIC FILMS," GLASER ADDS. "ROBERT WAS A WALKG ENCYCLOPEDIA; HE KNEW EVERYTHG ABOUT EVERYTHG. AND HE WAS A GENTLEMAN, AND SO WAS TAB. THEY BOTH NEVER DISCSED SEXUALY, ANYTHG LIKE THAT. THEY WERE JT TWO OLD-FASHNED GENTLEMEN WHO ENJOYED EACH OTHER’S PANY.”{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;}OSBORNE NEVER SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, BUT AFTER HIS ATH 2017, WAS REVEALED HE HAD BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH THEATER PRODUCER DAVID STALLER FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.ROMMEL DEMANO/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: (L-R) ROBERT OSBORNE AND TAB HUNTER ATTEND "TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL" SPECIAL SCREENG AT FILM FOM ON OCTOBER 12, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROMMEL DEMANO/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;}GLASER AND MULLER WILL BE -HOSTG THE TCM PREMIERE OF TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL, WH THE PAIR STG DOWN BEFORE AND AFTER THE FILM TO DISCS HUNTER’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;}"IT’S SOMETHG TAB WOULD HAVE LOVED," GLASER SAYS. "WHEN I TOLD TAB ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT I WANTED TO [SCREEN CONFINTIAL ON TCM]—BEE THE RIGHTS WERE EXPIRG—I SAID, 'WOULD YOU GO TALK WH ONE OF THE HOSTS?' AND HE AGREED. I’M ACTUALLY TAKG TAB’S PLACE AS ONE OF THE -HOSTS BEE WAS ONE OF THE LAST THGS HE AGREED TO DO TO PROMOTE THE DOCUMENTARY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAB AND EDDIE DISCSG .”{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 ASKED HOW HE PLANS TO CELEBRATE HUNTER'S BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR, GLASER EXPLAS THAT HE PLANS ON "HAVG SOME OF HIS CLOST IENDS OVER TO THE HOE TO WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE ON TCM." HE ALSO NOT THAT HE VISS HUNTER'S GRAVE EVERY WEEK TO LAY H FLOWERS, SO HE WILL BE DOG THAT AS {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 WANTED TO CREATE A LEGACY FOR TAB THAT WENT BEYOND HIS HOLLYWOOD 1950S IMAGE. THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO DO THE DOCUMENTARY," GLASER SAYS. "TAB WAS VERY HANT EVEN TO DO THE DOCUMENTARY, BUT I TALKED HIM TO . AND I’M REALLY GLAD I DID, BEE LEFT A LEGACY BEHD FOR HIM, SO PEOPLE N ACTUALLY SEE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HIS NTRIBUTNS WERE."SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR TAB HUNTER, CIR 1960. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/HULTON ARCHIVE/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;}IN THE END, GLASER SAYS HUNTER WAS GLAD HE'D AGREED TO MAKE THE DOCUMENTARY, TOO. IN FACT, WHAT HE LOVED MOST ABOUT THE FAL PRODUCT "WASN'T ANY OF THE MOVI WE TALKED 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;}"IT WAS ABOUT HIS MOTHER, AND HIS BROTHER, AND HIS LOVE FOR HORS, AND EVERYTHG THAT WENT OUTSI OF THE WORLD OF SHOW BS," GLASER NOT. "THAT’S WHAT HE APPRECIATED BEE THAT’S WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON. SOCIETY—AND WARNER BROS.—BUILT A WALL AROUND TAB THAT HE HAD TO NSTCT ONE BRICK AT A TIME, AND I THK THE FIRST BRICK THAT NSTCTN WAS WRG HIS TOBGRAPHY. I DO THK THE LAST BRICK, HAVG THAT WALL E DOWN, WAS DOG THE DOCUMENTARY."{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;}TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL PREMIER JULY 11 ON {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

Gay. Osborne announced he is gay. Osborne told Time magaze Febary that he is gay and has known for years, but he kept a secret bee of untry mic's mostly nservative fan base.

It's tougher for Black gay men. It's tougher for Black mascule gay women. Ronen Rubste's gay character on "9-1-1: Lone Star" helped him get fortable wh his own sexualy.

T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY

"I me out as gay before I transned.

I me out as transgenr and then I me out as gay aga, " she said a YouTube vio April. Former "Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood me out as gay on "Good Morng Ameri.

"And I'm gay. I am proud to be gay.

MZI GAYNOR REMEMBERS ROBERT OSBORNE: “HE IS IRREPLACEABLE”

It was durg the creatn of Lt that he met his future hband, Glaser, a Fox producer to whom Hunter pched the ia for the stepped out of the spotlight aga until 2005, when he publicly me out as gay his tell all-memoir Tab Hunter Confintial, -wrten wh Eddie Muller, noted film noir expert and host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movi (TCM).

Hontly, I thk he felt more fortable havg a straight guy be his llaborator than a gay guy bee he didn’t want that [his sexualy] to be the be-all and end-all of the book. ”Muller explaed to Hunter that the book was beg published the first place bee he was “the biggt livg gay movie star. Osborne, the lead volist of Brothers Osborne, the band he formed wh his brother John Osborne, has publicly shared for the first time that he is gay.

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” Osborne told the publitn, addg, “I fd myself beg guard for not wantg to talk about somethg that I personally don’t have a problem wh. Osborne is currently the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label, Time reports, wh Osborne sayg he’s “cur how this will go.

COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Eastern, through Sunday (HBO Max ntent will be available to stream on-mand throughout that perd), and offers much of tert to LGBTQ+ dienc and to "anyone wh a pulse" who lov movi, as one TCM executive put Si Story, of urse, had a wealth of gay and bisexual talent among s creators, cludg book wrer Arthur Lrents, poser Leonard Bernste, director-choreographer Jerome Robbs, and a guy named Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics and went on to some succs as a poser as Monty Clift nnectn adds to that. Bisset said she felt like she really beme an actrs wh this movie, which she and Candice Bergen played rival thors (a remake of 1943's Old Acquatance, which starred Bette Davis and Miriam Hopks) had some issu wh the great director (no, the fact that he was gay wasn't one of them), but she thought he did an excellent job wh the film. Osborne was "grac and welg and kd and warm, " Tabh Ftival Highlights for LGBTQ+ Viewers (and Everyone Else)Dirk Bogar VictimHBO Max will stream Victim, a 1961 Brish film starrg Dirk Bogar as a closeted gay man tryg to expose a blackmailer.

TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'

It was one of the first mastream films to treat homosexualy wh sympathy.

It will be acpanied by Osborne's tro, a documentary on the history of gay and lbian films, and a discsn between TCM host Dave Karger and former Advote edor Alonso Harris, a renowned film historian who happens to be gay, will discs his latt book, Mike Nichols: A Life, njunctn wh TCM's screeng of Nichols and May: Take Two, a documentary about the future film director's early edy act wh Elae May. HBO Max has two of Grant's bt films: Aled Hchck's North by Northwt (Mart Land sh as a gay villa) and Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday. Another great Hchck film wh plenty of homoeroticism, Strangers on a Tra, is on TCM Sunday at 6:15 a.