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- REMEMBER THAT TIME COMEDIAN DON RICKL CAME OUT AS GAY?NO ONE WAS SAFE OM THE LATE SULT IC, CLUDG THE LGBT {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 BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 9, 2017/9:47 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG FOR AFIHOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 09: ACTOR DON RICKL OF THE FILM "MR. WARMTH, THE DON RICKL PROJECT" POS THE PORTRA STUD DURG AFI FEST 2007 PRENTED BY AUDI HELD AT ARCLIGHT CEMAS ON NOVEMBER 9, 2007 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG FOR AFI)BY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 9, 2017 / 9:47 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"REMEMBER THAT TIME COMEDIAN DON RICKL CAME OUT AS GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-09T13:47:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-09T13:47:46.000+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":"BRANDON VOSS","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;}LEGENDARY EDIAN DON RICKL, WHO DIED THURSDAY AT THE AGE OF 90, LOVED A GOOD GAY {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;}BACK 2007, WHILE CELEBRATG HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY AT HOT SPOT MR. CHOW, RICKL GAVE TMZ REPORTERS AN EXCLIVE SOP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. "TELL HARVEY LEV I’M FED UP WH HIM," HE SAID OM HIS R. "BEE HE FOUND OUT THAT I’M GAY, AND NOBODY ELSE KNOWS THAT."LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAGATTENDS THE 10TH ANNUAL EXPLORG THE ARTS GALA AT RAD CY MIC HALL ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 NEW YORK {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;}RICKL WAS KIDDG, OF URSE, BUT HE WASN'T TOTALLY IMMUNE TO GAY MORS HIS LIFETIME. "I DIDN'T GET MARRIED UNTIL I WAS 38," HE ONCE TOLD MEN'S JOURNAL. "IN THOSE DAYS, BEG GAY WAS UNHEARD OF, BUT WAS LIKE, 'OH, MY GOD, IS HE THAT KD OF GUY?'"{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;}RICKL WAS ALSO AT THE CENTER OF AN EDGY GAY STORYLE HIS ’70S S C.P.O. SHARKEY. IN THE EPISO "SHARKEY'S BIG SECRET," HIS CLUELS CHARACTER, U.S. NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OTTO SHARKEY, WAS MISTAKEN FOR A HOMOSEXUAL BY HIS FELLOW SEAMEN WHILE BEG FTED FOR A TOUPéE BY AN EFFEMATE SALMAN.C.P.O. SHARKEY/{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 S, THE POLILLY RRECT STAND-UP IC MA A REER OUT OF POKG FUN AT HIS DIENC AND ROASTG FELLOW CELEBRI, OFTEN TRADG OLD STEREOTYP ABOUT RACE AND SEXUALY. A 2004 NEW YORKER PROFILE NOTED THAT HIS JABS TYPILLY PORTRAYED GAY MEN AS "MCG FAIRI," AND THAT HE WAS NO STRANGER TO THE WORD "FAG."{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;}EVEN SO, RICKL LARGELY MANAGED TO AVOID NTROVERSY BY SULTG EVERYBODY. AS THE NEW YORK TIM RECENTLY PUT , HE WAS AN "EQUAL OPPORTUNY OFFENR."{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
- LARRY GAY? OF URSE HE WAS
REMEMBER THAT TIME COMEDIAN DON RICKL CAME OUT AS GAY?NO ONE WAS SAFE OM THE LATE SULT IC, CLUDG THE LGBT {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 BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 9, 2017/9:47 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG FOR AFIHOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 09: ACTOR DON RICKL OF THE FILM "MR. WARMTH, THE DON RICKL PROJECT" POS THE PORTRA STUD DURG AFI FEST 2007 PRENTED BY AUDI HELD AT ARCLIGHT CEMAS ON NOVEMBER 9, 2007 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG FOR AFI)BY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 9, 2017 / 9:47 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"REMEMBER THAT TIME COMEDIAN DON RICKL CAME OUT AS GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-09T13:47:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-09T13:47:46.000+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":"BRANDON VOSS","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;}LEGENDARY EDIAN DON RICKL, WHO DIED THURSDAY AT THE AGE OF 90, LOVED A GOOD GAY {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;}BACK 2007, WHILE CELEBRATG HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY AT HOT SPOT MR. CHOW, RICKL GAVE TMZ REPORTERS AN EXCLIVE SOP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. "TELL HARVEY LEV I’M FED UP WH HIM," HE SAID OM HIS R. "BEE HE FOUND OUT THAT I’M GAY, AND NOBODY ELSE KNOWS THAT."LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAGATTENDS THE 10TH ANNUAL EXPLORG THE ARTS GALA AT RAD CY MIC HALL ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 NEW YORK {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;}RICKL WAS KIDDG, OF URSE, BUT HE WASN'T TOTALLY IMMUNE TO GAY MORS HIS LIFETIME. "I DIDN'T GET MARRIED UNTIL I WAS 38," HE ONCE TOLD MEN'S JOURNAL. "IN THOSE DAYS, BEG GAY WAS UNHEARD OF, BUT WAS LIKE, 'OH, MY GOD, IS HE THAT KD OF GUY?'"{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;}RICKL WAS ALSO AT THE CENTER OF AN EDGY GAY STORYLE HIS ’70S S C.P.O. SHARKEY. IN THE EPISO "SHARKEY'S BIG SECRET," HIS CLUELS CHARACTER, U.S. NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OTTO SHARKEY, WAS MISTAKEN FOR A HOMOSEXUAL BY HIS FELLOW SEAMEN WHILE BEG FTED FOR A TOUPéE BY AN EFFEMATE SALMAN.C.P.O. SHARKEY/{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 S, THE POLILLY RRECT STAND-UP IC MA A REER OUT OF POKG FUN AT HIS DIENC AND ROASTG FELLOW CELEBRI, OFTEN TRADG OLD STEREOTYP ABOUT RACE AND SEXUALY. A 2004 NEW YORKER PROFILE NOTED THAT HIS JABS TYPILLY PORTRAYED GAY MEN AS "MCG FAIRI," AND THAT HE WAS NO STRANGER TO THE WORD "FAG."{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;}EVEN SO, RICKL LARGELY MANAGED TO AVOID NTROVERSY BY SULTG EVERYBODY. AS THE NEW YORK TIM RECENTLY PUT , HE WAS AN "EQUAL OPPORTUNY OFFENR."{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
Legendary edian Don Rickl, who died Thursday at the age of 90, loved a good gay 2007, while celebratg his 81st birthday at hot spot Mr.
"Bee he found out that I’m gay, and nobody else knows that. "Rickl was kiddg, of urse, but he wasn't totally immune to gay mors his lifetime.
"In those days, beg gay was unheard of, but was like, 'Oh, my God, is he that kd of guy? '"Rickl was also at the center of an edgy gay storyle his ’70s s C.
LARRY GAY? OF URSE HE WAS
Navy Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey, was mistaken for a homosexual by his fellow seamen while beg fted for a toupée by an effemate s, the polilly rrect stand-up ic ma a reer out of pokg fun at his dienc and roastg fellow celebri, often tradg old stereotyp about race and sexualy.
A 2004 New Yorker profile noted that his jabs typilly portrayed gay men as "mcg fairi, " and that he was no stranger to the word "fag. Negative character tras uld be: Lazs, Stubbornns, Prejudice and Larry Rickl gay or straight?