Farther down that same road is this month's big feature, "Screened Out: Gay Imag Film." TCM says the seri is "spired by the Richard Barrs book Screened Out: Playg Gay Hollywood om Edison to Stonewall" and "vers roughly the same terrory as the book." The promos openly refer to the subject matter as "Hollywood homophobia." Every Monday and Wednday night the channel is voted to fdg characters old movi who n be seen as homosexual, wh ments om host Robert Osborne (who himself is pretty evintly homosexual) and others tellg how unattractively Hollywood movi prented homosexualy back the Dark Ag of the pre-Stonewall era. Duh.
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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
* was robert osborn gay *
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. ” Not many of his fans were aware of the fact that Robert Osborne was gay and remaed unmarried whout children throughout his life.
Barrs, the thor of “Screened Out: Playg Gay Hollywood From Edison to Stonewall” would grow up to -host TCM’s month-long “Gay Imag Film” ftival wh Osborne 2007.
IS ROBERT OSBOURNE OF TCM GAY?
T.J. Osborne, who publicly shared for the first time Febary that he is gay, kissed boyiend Abi Ventura after his CMA Awards w was announced. * was robert osborn gay *
Updated: 12/11/2022Wiki User ∙ 14y agoFarther down that same road is this month's big feature, "Screened Out: Gay Imag Film.
MZI GAYNOR REMEMBERS ROBERT OSBORNE: “HE IS IRREPLACEABLE”
" TCM says the seri is "spired by the Richard Barrs book Screened Out: Playg Gay Hollywood om Edison to Stonewall" and "vers roughly the same terrory as the book. " The promos openly refer to the subject matter as "Hollywood homophobia.
" Every Monday and Wednday night the channel is voted to fdg characters old movi who n be seen as homosexual, wh ments om host Robert Osborne (who himself is pretty evintly homosexual) and others tellg how unattractively Hollywood movi prented homosexualy back the Dark Ag of the pre-Stonewall era. User ∙ 14y agoAdd your answer:Earn +20 ptsQ: Is Robert Osbourne of TCM gay?
THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S
But the people who shaped and advised those artists – the on who managed the stars of the classic rock age – were, by an outsized marg, gay terwoven muny clud Brian Epste (who brought the world the Beatl), K Lambert (who -managed the Who), Simon Napier-Bell (the Yardbirds, and a young Marc Bolan), Robert Stigwood (Cream, the Bee Ge), Billy Gaff (Rod Stewart), Ken Pt (David Bowie), Barry Krost (Cat Stevens), as well as Tony Stratton-Smh (who formed the visnary label Charisma for bands like Genis). In fact, was a gay man, Larry Parn, who svengali-d Bra’s very first rockers, om Tommy Steele to Billy Fury to Marty Wil.
T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND
A new book tled The Velvet Mafia: the Gay Men who Ran the Swgg Sixti aims to tell the Brish si of this story by focg on several key players the scene, cludg a few of the aforementned nam along wh the novative producer Joe Meek and the head of the UK’s most powerful label at the time, Sir Joseph Lockwood. ”At the same time, the rich, powerful and fluential men faced the nsirable nsequenc of beg gay at a time when homosexual acts were still outlawed the UK. ”There were, fact, a few powerful gay women the Brish rock scene at the time as well, cludg Vicki Wickham, who booked the acts on the semal TV show Ready Steady Go and who later managed Dty Sprgfield and LaBelle.
”Bullock’s book don’t lve to the eper cultural and psychologil issu volved the relatnships between the gay and straight men.
Still, ’s clear to any stunt of the era that the edgy liv of gay men at the time fascated the straight artists they worked wh. They weren’t jt gay but also Jewish.
TJ, OF BROTHERS OSBOURNE, OUT AS GAY
”In some ways, managers like Epste and other others uld sulate themselv om the everyday life of gay men at the time – throwg their own exclive parti and circulatg elevated circl where they uld do as they pleased. Ironilly, after the law agast homosexual acts changed Bra 1967 – crimalizg them certa circumstanc and for those of a certa age – the harassment of LGBTQ people actually tensified.
“But post-67, and wh the formatn of the Gay Liberatn Front 1970 Bra and wh gay people beg more outspoken, the raids and the psdo-polil attacks started to happen more. The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swgg Sixti is out now.