Is Art Garfunkel gay?

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THOUGH THE DUO DIDN'T FD MUCH SUCCS WH THE TOM AND JERRY MONIKER, THEY BEGAN TO GA A FOLLOWG AFTER CHANGG THEIR NAME TO SIMON & GARFUNKEL AND RELEASG SONGS THAT SPOKE TO THE GENERATN OF THE 1960S AND '70S, SUCH AS "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER" AND "THE SOUND OF SILENCE." EARLY LIFE, CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP WH PL SIMONSGER ARTHUR "ART" GARFUNKEL WAS BORN FORT HILLS, NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 5, 1941, TO ROSE AND JACK GARFUNKEL. SENSG HIS SON'S ENTHIASM FOR MELODY, JACK, A TRAVELG SALMAN, BOUGHT GARFUNKEL A WIRE RERR. EVEN AS YOUNG AS FOUR, GARFUNKEL WOULD S FOR HOURS WH THE GADGET, SGG, LISTENG AND FE-TUNG HIS VOICE, AND THEN RERDG AGA. "THAT GOT ME TO MIC MORE THAN ANYTHG ELSE, SGG AND BEG ABLE TO RERD ," HE RELLS.AT FORT HILLS JUNR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GARFUNKEL WAS KNOWN FOR BELTG OUT SONGS EMPTY HALLWAYS AND PERFORMG PLAYS. IN SIXTH GRA, HE WAS A SCHOOL PRODUCTN OF ALICE WONRLAND ALONG WH CLASSMATE PL SIMON. SIMON KNEW GARFUNKEL AS THE SGER WHO WAS ALWAYS SURROUND BY GIRLS. THE TWO LIVED ONLY BLOCKS OM EACH OTHER QUEENS, BUT WASN'T UNTIL SIMON HEARD GARFUNKEL SG THAT THEIR FAT ALIGNED. SOON, THE DUO BEGAN SGG SCHOOL TALENT SHOWS AND PRACTICG LONG HOURS BASEMENTS. DURG THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, THE FUTURE GRAMMY WNERS PERFORMED AS TOM LANDIS AND JERRY GRAPH, FEARG THAT THEIR REAL NAM SOUND TOO JEWISH AND WOULD HAMPER THEIR SUCCS. THEY PERFORMED ORIGAL MIC BY SIMON AND POOLED THEIR MONEY TO MAKE THEIR FIRST PROFSNAL RERDG. THEIR EVERLY BROTHERS-FLUENCED TRACK "HEY SCHOOLGIRL" WAS A MOR H, AND SECURED THE DUO A RERDG NTRACT WH BIG RERDS 1957. THEY BEME EQUENT VISORS TO THE BRILL BUILDG, OFFERG THEIR SERVIC AS MO SGERS TO THE SONGWRERS WHO WERE CHURNG OUT HS LIKE THEY WERE MIC FACTORY. THEIR H SGLE SRED THEM AN APPEARANCE ON DICK CLARK'S AMERIN BANDSTAND, GOG ON RIGHT AFTER JERRY LEE LEWIS. AFTER THAT, THEIR MIL REERS QUIETED DOWN, AND THEY WORRIED THAT THEY'D H THEIR PEAK AT AGE 16.SIMON & GARFUNKELWHEN HIGH SCHOOL WAS OVER, SIMON AND GARFUNKEL CID TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AND ATTEND LLEGE. GARFUNKEL STAYED CLOSE TO HOME AND ATTEND COLUMBIA UNIVERSY, WHERE HE STUDIED ART HISTORY AND JOED A ATERNY. HE LATER EARNED A MASTER'S GREE MATHEMATICS, ALSO AT COLUMBIA. JT AS HE WOULD NTUE HIS AMIC WORK THROUGHOUT HIS REER, GARFUNKEL NTUED TO SG WHILE LLEGE, RELEASG A HANDFUL OF SOLO TRACKS UNR THE NAME ARTIE GARR WHILE BEG ENSNCED THE GROWG FOLK SCENE. ONCE AGA, THEIR PARALLEL TALENTS AND TERTS BROUGHT PL SIMON AND ART GARFUNKEL TOGETHER. IN 1962, THE FORMER TOM AND JERRY RNED AS A NEW, MORE FOLK-ORIENTED DUO. NO LONGER WORRIED ABOUT HOW ANTI-SEMISM MIGHT AFFECT RERD SAL, THEY ED THEIR REAL NAM, AND BEME SIMON & GARFUNKEL.IN LATE 1964, THEY RELEASED THE STUD ALBUM WEDNDAY MORNG, 3 A.M. NOTHG MUCH HAPPENED WH MERCIALLY, AND SIMON HEAD OFF TO ENGLAND, THE DUO HAVG CID TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS PROFSNALLY. PRODUCER TOM WILSON REMIXED THE SONG "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE," OM THAT ALBUM AND RELEASED , AND WENT TO #1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. SIMON HEAD BACK TO QUEENS, WHERE THE DUO RNED AND CID TO RERD AND PERFORM MORE MIC TOGETHER. WH SIMON WRG THE SONGS, AND GARFUNKEL PROVIDG VOL ARRANGEMENTS AND HARMONI, THEY RELEASED ONE H ALBUM AFTER ANOTHER, EACH RERD TAKG THEIR MIC AND LYRICS TO A NEW LEVEL. CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS ME—AND CREASED—WH EACH OF THEIR RELEAS: SOUNDS OF SILENCE (1966), PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME (1966), AND BOOKENDS (1968). AROUND THE TIME THEY WERE WORKG ON BOOKENDS, DIRECTOR MIKE NICHOLS ASKED THEM TO NTRIBUTE SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE 1967 MOVIE THE GRADUATE. AS PART OF THE SEMAL MOVIE THAT ADDRSED ALIENATN AND NFORMY, THE DUO FURTHERED THEIR REPUTATN AS THE VOIC OF A GENERATN. THE ONLY ORIGAL SONG, "MRS. ROBSON," BEME A #1 H, APPEARG ON BOTH THE GRADUATE SOUNDTRACK AND ON THE BOOKENDS ALBUM.A YEAR LATER, NICHOLS WAS DIRECTG CATCH-22, AND OFFERED GARFUNKEL A ROLE. THIS LAYED PRODUCTN ON THEIR NEXT ALBUM, AND STARTED TO SOW THE SEEDS OF THEIR FUTURE BREAK-UP. THEY WERE BOTH MOVG NEW CREATIVE DIRECTNS. IN 1970 THEY RELEASED THEIR BIGGT H ALBUM YET, BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER. RERD WH NOVATIVE — AND MAKHIFT — STUD TECHNIQU, AND FEATURG FLUENC OM A WI VARIETY OF MIL STYL, THE ALBUM WAS A MASSIVE MERCIAL H AND WON THEM SIX GRAMMY AWARDS, CLUDG ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SONG OF THE YEAR AND RERD OF THE YEAR FOR S TLE TRACK.IT WAS THEIR LAST STUD ALBUM. INIALLY, THEY PLANNED TO GET BACK TOGETHER AFTER A BREAK, BUT ONCE THEY’D BEEN APART FOR A WHILE, NTUG THEIR CREATIVE PURSUS SEPARATELY SEEMED TO MAKE MORE SENSE. SIMON & GARFUNKEL WERE NO MORE. TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR BREAK-UP, SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATT HS WAS RELEASED AND STAYED ON THE AMERIN CHARTS FOR 131 WEEKS. THAT SAME YEAR, THEY APPEARED TOGETHER AT A BENEF FOR PRINTIAL HOPEFUL GEE MCGOVERN. SOLO CAREER: 'ALL I KNOW,' 'I ONLY HAVE EY FOR YOU' & MORESIMON AND GARFUNKEL PARTED WAYS 1970, BUT THEY REMAED TIED TO EACH OTHER PERSONALLY AND PROFSNALLY. ON-AGA-OFF-AGA IENDS AND LLABORATORS, THEY RNED SEVERAL TIM THEIR REERS ONLY TO DISVER THEY ULDN'T WORK TOGETHER AFTER ALL, CERTALY NOT BEYOND SHORT-TERM PROJECTS. FOR YEARS, GARFUNKEL REMEMBERED THEIR TIME TOGETHER WARMLY (ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD CHANGE). "I'LL ALWAYS BE HAPPY TO SAY A LTLE ON BEHALF OF THE DUO. I'M PROUD OF SGG THOSE GREAT SONGS. NOW THEY TEACH PL SIMON SONGS CHURCH AND SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE CURRICULA... SEEMS THAT PART OF GOOD CIZENSHIP IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SONGS WE DID. HOW N I GRASP THAT?" (DES LATER, FEELG SLIGHTLY LS WARM ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP, HE WOULD GIVE A VRLIC TERVIEW TO THE TELEGRAPH, SCRIBG SIMON AS AN SECURE NARCISSIST.)IN THE MEANTIME, HE GAVE HIS FULL ATTENTN TO HIS OWN SOLO REER. HIS FIRST ALBUM, ANGEL CLARE (1973), FEATURED THE H "ALL I KNOW," WRTEN BY JIMMY WEBB, PRODUCED BY LONGTIME SIMON & GARFUNKEL PRODUCER ROY HALEE. (THE SONG GOT A NEW LIFE 2005 WHEN WAS VERED BY FIVE FOR FIGHTG ON THE CHICKEN LTLE SOUNDTRACK.)HIS NEXT ALBUM, BREAKWAY (1975) GAVE HIM ANOTHER H, A VER OF THE CLASSIC "I ONLY HAVE EY FOR YOU." THE ALBUM FEATURED GUTS LIKE DAVID CROSBY, GRAHAM NASH, AND STEPHEN BISHOP, AS WELL AS THE FIRST NEW TRACK OM SIMON AND GARFUNKEL FIVE YEARS, "MY LTLE TOWN," WHICH ALSO APPEARED ON SIMON'S SOLO ALBUM STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THE YEARS.WH HIS NEXT ALBUM, WATERMARK (1977), GARFUNKEL FOCED ON LLABORATG WH ONE SONGWRER. JIMMY WEBB WROTE ALL OF THE SONGS WH ONE EXCEPTN: A VER OF THE SAM COOKE H "WHAT A WONRFUL WORLD," SUNG BY GARFUNKEL, SIMON, AND JAM TAYLOR, WHICH WENT TO #17 ON THE CHARTS. GARFUNKEL SRED ANOTHER H OFF OF WATERMARK, WH HELP OM THE SONG "BRIGHT EY," WHICH BEME THE SAD, BETIFUL THEME SONG TO THE MOVIE ADAPTATN OF RICHARD ADAMS' WATERSHIP DOWN. IT TOPPED THE CHARTS THE U.K.HIS 1981 ALBUM SCISSORS CUT WAS A CRIL SUCCS BUT A MERCIAL FLOP. A YEAR LATER, SIMON & GARFUNKEL PLAYED A NCERT CENTRAL PARK TOGETHER, BREAKG ALL EXISTG RERDS BY PULLG AN DIENCE OF 500,000 PEOPLE. AFTER THAT THEY WENT ON A WORLD TOUR, AND RELEASED A DOUBLE ALBUM AND AN HBO SPECIAL OF THEIR CENTRAL PARK SHOW. BUT THE RNN WAS NOT TO LAST. THEY SCRAPPED PLANS FOR AN ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL TOGETHER, AND SIMON KEPT THE SONGS FOR HIS OWN SOLO ALBUM.BACK ON HIS OWN AGA, GARFUNKEL PEPPERED HIS MIC REER WH FORAYS TO ACTG. HE HAD ALREADY DONE SEVERAL MOVI WH DIRECTOR MIKE NICHOLS, CLUDG CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971), AND HE GUT STARRED ON TV SHOWS AS WELL, CLUDG AN EPISO OF LAVERNE & SHIRLEY. IN 1998, HE APPEARED ON THE CHILDREN’S TV SHOW ARTHUR AS A SGG MOOSE. {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}ART GARFUNKEL AND PL SIMON PERFORM {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: LYNN GOLDSMH/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGLATER CAREER: SOLO PROJECTS AND RNG WH PL SIMON GARFUNKEL NTUED TO PERFORM ON STAGE AND RERD NEW MATERIAL. IN 1990, HE PERFORMED ONT OF 1.4 LN PEOPLE AT THE REQUT OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, AT A RALLY TO PROMOTE MOCRACY SOFIA, BULGARIA. THAT YEAR, SIMON & GARFUNKEL WERE ALSO DUCTED TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME. THREE YEARS LATER, HE RELEASED THE ALBUM UP 'TIL NOW, WHICH CLUD HIS DUET WH JAM TAYLOR ON “CRYG THE RA,” ALONG WH THE THEME SONG FOR THE SHOW BROOKLYN BRIDGE, AND “TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE” OM THE H MOVIE A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. THAT OCTOBER, HE AND SIMON PLAYED 21 SOLD-OUT SHOWS AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER NEW YORK CY. IN 1997, HE RERD AN ALBUM FOR CHILDREN SPIRED BY HIS SON JAM, VERG SONGS BY CAT STEVENS, MARV GAYE AND JOHN LENNON-PL MCCARTNEY, AMONG OTHERS. THEN, 1998, HE MA HIS SONGWRG BUT ON HIS ALBUM EVERYTHG WANTS TO BE NOTICED. IN 2003, HE WAS ON STAGE WH SIMON AGA, ACCEPTG A GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND PLAYG “SOUNDS OF SILENCE” ON THE LIVE SHOW. THEY TOURED AGA AFTER THAT, AND 2005, PERFORMED “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER,” “HOMEWARD BOUND,” AND “MRS. ROBSON” AT A BENEF FOR VICTIMS OF HURRINE KATRA AT MADISON SQUARE GARN. SPEAKG OF AN ARTISTIC HIGH HE FELT DURG ONE OF THEIR RNN NCERTS, GARFUNKEL SAID, "I KNEW WE DID SOMETHG RIGHT THE 60S, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW RIGHT."IN 2007, HE RE-TEAMED WH PRODUCER RICHARD PERRY (BREAKAWAY) ON THE ALBUM SOME ENCHANTED EVENG, RERDG STANDARDS HE HAD LOVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE. IN 2010, HE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WH HIS VOL CHORDS, WHICH BEME APPARENT WHEN HE WAS PERFORMG WH SIMON AT THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND HERAGE FTIVAL. IT WAS A STGGLE TO SG ANYTHG AT ALL. HE HAD “PARIS” OF HIS VOL CHORDS, AND STARTED TO LOSE HIS MIDDLE RANGE. IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR YEARS FOR HIM TO REVER, AND HE TOLD ROLLG STONE MAGAZE 2014 THAT HE WAS BACK TO 96% PABILY, AND STILL GETTG STRONGER. HE ALSO SPOKE NDIDLY ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP WH SIMON, “WE ARE SCRIBABLE. YOU’LL NEVER PTURE . IT’S AN GROWN, EP IENDSHIP. Y, THERE IS EP LOVE THERE. BUT THERE’S ALSO SH.” IN 2016, THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL SONG “AMERI” WAS ED — WH THEIR PERMISSN — BY BERNIE SANRS HIS UNSUCCSFUL MPAIGN TO SECURE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMATN FOR PRINT. “I LIKE BERNIE,” GARFUNKEL TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM. “I LIKE HIS FIGHT. I LIKE HIS DIGNY AND HIS STANCE. I LIKE THIS SONG.” TODAY, GARFUNKEL NTU TO RERD AND PERFORM SOLO PROJECTS, WHILE ALSO TEAMG UP WH FAMO ARTISTS SUCH AS JAM TAYLOR AND BCE SPRGSTEEN. HE ALSO NTU TO APPEAR MOVI. IN THE 1980S, LONG-DISTANCE WALKG BEME ONE OF HIS PASSNS; HE CROSSED BOTH JAPAN AND THE UNED STAT ON FOOT. DURG HIS WALKS, HE STARTED WRG POETRY, AND PUBLISHED A LLECTN 1989 LLED STILL WATER. IN 2017, HE ADD ANOTHER PUBLISHED WORK WH AN TOBGRAPHY, WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMO: NOT OM AN UNRGROUND MAN, A ECCENTRIC MIX OF POETRY, LISTS, TRAVEL AND MGS ABOUT HIS WIFE.GARFUNKEL HAS NTUED HIS PASSN FOR LONG DISTANCE WALKG FOR SEVERAL S. HAVG NOW WALKED ACROSS A SIGNIFINT PORTN OF THE WORLD, HE STILL NSIRS HIS LIFE EXPERIENC TO BE LS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED, AND MORE ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BEEN BLSED WH, SAYG, "I FEEL SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT OM MANY PEOPLE THE EXTRAORDARY AMOUNT OF GOOD FORTUNE THAT FELL TO MY LAP AND MA UP MY LIFE."PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFEWHILE THE 1970S PROVED TO BE FULL OF SUCCS, THE 1980S WERE A CHALLENGE FOR GARFUNKEL BOTH PROFSNALLY AND PERSONALLY. AFTER A BRIEF MARRIAGE TO LDA GROSSMAN THE EARLY 1970S, GARFUNKEL DATED ACTRS LRIE BIRD FOR FIVE YEARS. IN 1979, SHE MTED SUICI, LEAVG GARFUNKEL HEARTBROKEN. HE CREDS HIS BRIEF BUT HAPPY RELATNSHIP WH PENNY MARSHALL FOR HELPG HIM REVER OM HIS LOSS, AND CHANNELED HIS PRSN TO HIS 1981 ALBUM SCISSORS CUT, WHICH WAS DITED TO BIRD. IN 1985, HE MET MOL KIM CERMACK ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE GOOD TO GO. THE UPLE MARRIED THREE YEARS LATER, AND HAVE TWO SONS. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
IS ART GARFUNKEL GAY?

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THOUGH THE DUO DIDN'T FD MUCH SUCCS WH THE TOM AND JERRY MONIKER, THEY BEGAN TO GA A FOLLOWG AFTER CHANGG THEIR NAME TO SIMON & GARFUNKEL AND RELEASG SONGS THAT SPOKE TO THE GENERATN OF THE 1960S AND '70S, SUCH AS "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER" AND "THE SOUND OF SILENCE." EARLY LIFE, CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP WH PL SIMONSGER ARTHUR "ART" GARFUNKEL WAS BORN FORT HILLS, NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 5, 1941, TO ROSE AND JACK GARFUNKEL. SENSG HIS SON'S ENTHIASM FOR MELODY, JACK, A TRAVELG SALMAN, BOUGHT GARFUNKEL A WIRE RERR. EVEN AS YOUNG AS FOUR, GARFUNKEL WOULD S FOR HOURS WH THE GADGET, SGG, LISTENG AND FE-TUNG HIS VOICE, AND THEN RERDG AGA. "THAT GOT ME TO MIC MORE THAN ANYTHG ELSE, SGG AND BEG ABLE TO RERD ," HE RELLS.AT FORT HILLS JUNR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GARFUNKEL WAS KNOWN FOR BELTG OUT SONGS EMPTY HALLWAYS AND PERFORMG PLAYS. IN SIXTH GRA, HE WAS A SCHOOL PRODUCTN OF ALICE WONRLAND ALONG WH CLASSMATE PL SIMON. SIMON KNEW GARFUNKEL AS THE SGER WHO WAS ALWAYS SURROUND BY GIRLS. THE TWO LIVED ONLY BLOCKS OM EACH OTHER QUEENS, BUT WASN'T UNTIL SIMON HEARD GARFUNKEL SG THAT THEIR FAT ALIGNED. SOON, THE DUO BEGAN SGG SCHOOL TALENT SHOWS AND PRACTICG LONG HOURS BASEMENTS. DURG THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, THE FUTURE GRAMMY WNERS PERFORMED AS TOM LANDIS AND JERRY GRAPH, FEARG THAT THEIR REAL NAM SOUND TOO JEWISH AND WOULD HAMPER THEIR SUCCS. THEY PERFORMED ORIGAL MIC BY SIMON AND POOLED THEIR MONEY TO MAKE THEIR FIRST PROFSNAL RERDG. THEIR EVERLY BROTHERS-FLUENCED TRACK "HEY SCHOOLGIRL" WAS A MOR H, AND SECURED THE DUO A RERDG NTRACT WH BIG RERDS 1957. THEY BEME EQUENT VISORS TO THE BRILL BUILDG, OFFERG THEIR SERVIC AS MO SGERS TO THE SONGWRERS WHO WERE CHURNG OUT HS LIKE THEY WERE MIC FACTORY. THEIR H SGLE SRED THEM AN APPEARANCE ON DICK CLARK'S AMERIN BANDSTAND, GOG ON RIGHT AFTER JERRY LEE LEWIS. AFTER THAT, THEIR MIL REERS QUIETED DOWN, AND THEY WORRIED THAT THEY'D H THEIR PEAK AT AGE 16.SIMON & GARFUNKELWHEN HIGH SCHOOL WAS OVER, SIMON AND GARFUNKEL CID TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AND ATTEND LLEGE. GARFUNKEL STAYED CLOSE TO HOME AND ATTEND COLUMBIA UNIVERSY, WHERE HE STUDIED ART HISTORY AND JOED A ATERNY. HE LATER EARNED A MASTER'S GREE MATHEMATICS, ALSO AT COLUMBIA. JT AS HE WOULD NTUE HIS AMIC WORK THROUGHOUT HIS REER, GARFUNKEL NTUED TO SG WHILE LLEGE, RELEASG A HANDFUL OF SOLO TRACKS UNR THE NAME ARTIE GARR WHILE BEG ENSNCED THE GROWG FOLK SCENE. ONCE AGA, THEIR PARALLEL TALENTS AND TERTS BROUGHT PL SIMON AND ART GARFUNKEL TOGETHER. IN 1962, THE FORMER TOM AND JERRY RNED AS A NEW, MORE FOLK-ORIENTED DUO. NO LONGER WORRIED ABOUT HOW ANTI-SEMISM MIGHT AFFECT RERD SAL, THEY ED THEIR REAL NAM, AND BEME SIMON & GARFUNKEL.IN LATE 1964, THEY RELEASED THE STUD ALBUM WEDNDAY MORNG, 3 A.M. NOTHG MUCH HAPPENED WH MERCIALLY, AND SIMON HEAD OFF TO ENGLAND, THE DUO HAVG CID TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS PROFSNALLY. PRODUCER TOM WILSON REMIXED THE SONG "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE," OM THAT ALBUM AND RELEASED , AND WENT TO #1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. SIMON HEAD BACK TO QUEENS, WHERE THE DUO RNED AND CID TO RERD AND PERFORM MORE MIC TOGETHER. WH SIMON WRG THE SONGS, AND GARFUNKEL PROVIDG VOL ARRANGEMENTS AND HARMONI, THEY RELEASED ONE H ALBUM AFTER ANOTHER, EACH RERD TAKG THEIR MIC AND LYRICS TO A NEW LEVEL. CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS ME—AND CREASED—WH EACH OF THEIR RELEAS: SOUNDS OF SILENCE (1966), PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME (1966), AND BOOKENDS (1968). AROUND THE TIME THEY WERE WORKG ON BOOKENDS, DIRECTOR MIKE NICHOLS ASKED THEM TO NTRIBUTE SONGS TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE 1967 MOVIE THE GRADUATE. AS PART OF THE SEMAL MOVIE THAT ADDRSED ALIENATN AND NFORMY, THE DUO FURTHERED THEIR REPUTATN AS THE VOIC OF A GENERATN. THE ONLY ORIGAL SONG, "MRS. ROBSON," BEME A #1 H, APPEARG ON BOTH THE GRADUATE SOUNDTRACK AND ON THE BOOKENDS ALBUM.A YEAR LATER, NICHOLS WAS DIRECTG CATCH-22, AND OFFERED GARFUNKEL A ROLE. THIS LAYED PRODUCTN ON THEIR NEXT ALBUM, AND STARTED TO SOW THE SEEDS OF THEIR FUTURE BREAK-UP. THEY WERE BOTH MOVG NEW CREATIVE DIRECTNS. IN 1970 THEY RELEASED THEIR BIGGT H ALBUM YET, BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER. RERD WH NOVATIVE — AND MAKHIFT — STUD TECHNIQU, AND FEATURG FLUENC OM A WI VARIETY OF MIL STYL, THE ALBUM WAS A MASSIVE MERCIAL H AND WON THEM SIX GRAMMY AWARDS, CLUDG ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SONG OF THE YEAR AND RERD OF THE YEAR FOR S TLE TRACK.IT WAS THEIR LAST STUD ALBUM. INIALLY, THEY PLANNED TO GET BACK TOGETHER AFTER A BREAK, BUT ONCE THEY’D BEEN APART FOR A WHILE, NTUG THEIR CREATIVE PURSUS SEPARATELY SEEMED TO MAKE MORE SENSE. SIMON & GARFUNKEL WERE NO MORE. TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR BREAK-UP, SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATT HS WAS RELEASED AND STAYED ON THE AMERIN CHARTS FOR 131 WEEKS. THAT SAME YEAR, THEY APPEARED TOGETHER AT A BENEF FOR PRINTIAL HOPEFUL GEE MCGOVERN. SOLO CAREER: 'ALL I KNOW,' 'I ONLY HAVE EY FOR YOU' & MORESIMON AND GARFUNKEL PARTED WAYS 1970, BUT THEY REMAED TIED TO EACH OTHER PERSONALLY AND PROFSNALLY. ON-AGA-OFF-AGA IENDS AND LLABORATORS, THEY RNED SEVERAL TIM THEIR REERS ONLY TO DISVER THEY ULDN'T WORK TOGETHER AFTER ALL, CERTALY NOT BEYOND SHORT-TERM PROJECTS. FOR YEARS, GARFUNKEL REMEMBERED THEIR TIME TOGETHER WARMLY (ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD CHANGE). "I'LL ALWAYS BE HAPPY TO SAY A LTLE ON BEHALF OF THE DUO. I'M PROUD OF SGG THOSE GREAT SONGS. NOW THEY TEACH PL SIMON SONGS CHURCH AND SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE CURRICULA... SEEMS THAT PART OF GOOD CIZENSHIP IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SONGS WE DID. HOW N I GRASP THAT?" (DES LATER, FEELG SLIGHTLY LS WARM ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP, HE WOULD GIVE A VRLIC TERVIEW TO THE TELEGRAPH, SCRIBG SIMON AS AN SECURE NARCISSIST.)IN THE MEANTIME, HE GAVE HIS FULL ATTENTN TO HIS OWN SOLO REER. HIS FIRST ALBUM, ANGEL CLARE (1973), FEATURED THE H "ALL I KNOW," WRTEN BY JIMMY WEBB, PRODUCED BY LONGTIME SIMON & GARFUNKEL PRODUCER ROY HALEE. (THE SONG GOT A NEW LIFE 2005 WHEN WAS VERED BY FIVE FOR FIGHTG ON THE CHICKEN LTLE SOUNDTRACK.)HIS NEXT ALBUM, BREAKWAY (1975) GAVE HIM ANOTHER H, A VER OF THE CLASSIC "I ONLY HAVE EY FOR YOU." THE ALBUM FEATURED GUTS LIKE DAVID CROSBY, GRAHAM NASH, AND STEPHEN BISHOP, AS WELL AS THE FIRST NEW TRACK OM SIMON AND GARFUNKEL FIVE YEARS, "MY LTLE TOWN," WHICH ALSO APPEARED ON SIMON'S SOLO ALBUM STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THE YEARS.WH HIS NEXT ALBUM, WATERMARK (1977), GARFUNKEL FOCED ON LLABORATG WH ONE SONGWRER. JIMMY WEBB WROTE ALL OF THE SONGS WH ONE EXCEPTN: A VER OF THE SAM COOKE H "WHAT A WONRFUL WORLD," SUNG BY GARFUNKEL, SIMON, AND JAM TAYLOR, WHICH WENT TO #17 ON THE CHARTS. GARFUNKEL SRED ANOTHER H OFF OF WATERMARK, WH HELP OM THE SONG "BRIGHT EY," WHICH BEME THE SAD, BETIFUL THEME SONG TO THE MOVIE ADAPTATN OF RICHARD ADAMS' WATERSHIP DOWN. IT TOPPED THE CHARTS THE U.K.HIS 1981 ALBUM SCISSORS CUT WAS A CRIL SUCCS BUT A MERCIAL FLOP. A YEAR LATER, SIMON & GARFUNKEL PLAYED A NCERT CENTRAL PARK TOGETHER, BREAKG ALL EXISTG RERDS BY PULLG AN DIENCE OF 500,000 PEOPLE. AFTER THAT THEY WENT ON A WORLD TOUR, AND RELEASED A DOUBLE ALBUM AND AN HBO SPECIAL OF THEIR CENTRAL PARK SHOW. BUT THE RNN WAS NOT TO LAST. THEY SCRAPPED PLANS FOR AN ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL TOGETHER, AND SIMON KEPT THE SONGS FOR HIS OWN SOLO ALBUM.BACK ON HIS OWN AGA, GARFUNKEL PEPPERED HIS MIC REER WH FORAYS TO ACTG. HE HAD ALREADY DONE SEVERAL MOVI WH DIRECTOR MIKE NICHOLS, CLUDG CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971), AND HE GUT STARRED ON TV SHOWS AS WELL, CLUDG AN EPISO OF LAVERNE & SHIRLEY. IN 1998, HE APPEARED ON THE CHILDREN’S TV SHOW ARTHUR AS A SGG MOOSE. {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}ART GARFUNKEL AND PL SIMON PERFORM {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: LYNN GOLDSMH/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGLATER CAREER: SOLO PROJECTS AND RNG WH PL SIMON GARFUNKEL NTUED TO PERFORM ON STAGE AND RERD NEW MATERIAL. IN 1990, HE PERFORMED ONT OF 1.4 LN PEOPLE AT THE REQUT OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, AT A RALLY TO PROMOTE MOCRACY SOFIA, BULGARIA. THAT YEAR, SIMON & GARFUNKEL WERE ALSO DUCTED TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME. THREE YEARS LATER, HE RELEASED THE ALBUM UP 'TIL NOW, WHICH CLUD HIS DUET WH JAM TAYLOR ON “CRYG THE RA,” ALONG WH THE THEME SONG FOR THE SHOW BROOKLYN BRIDGE, AND “TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE” OM THE H MOVIE A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. THAT OCTOBER, HE AND SIMON PLAYED 21 SOLD-OUT SHOWS AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER NEW YORK CY. IN 1997, HE RERD AN ALBUM FOR CHILDREN SPIRED BY HIS SON JAM, VERG SONGS BY CAT STEVENS, MARV GAYE AND JOHN LENNON-PL MCCARTNEY, AMONG OTHERS. THEN, 1998, HE MA HIS SONGWRG BUT ON HIS ALBUM EVERYTHG WANTS TO BE NOTICED. IN 2003, HE WAS ON STAGE WH SIMON AGA, ACCEPTG A GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND PLAYG “SOUNDS OF SILENCE” ON THE LIVE SHOW. THEY TOURED AGA AFTER THAT, AND 2005, PERFORMED “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER,” “HOMEWARD BOUND,” AND “MRS. ROBSON” AT A BENEF FOR VICTIMS OF HURRINE KATRA AT MADISON SQUARE GARN. SPEAKG OF AN ARTISTIC HIGH HE FELT DURG ONE OF THEIR RNN NCERTS, GARFUNKEL SAID, "I KNEW WE DID SOMETHG RIGHT THE 60S, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW RIGHT."IN 2007, HE RE-TEAMED WH PRODUCER RICHARD PERRY (BREAKAWAY) ON THE ALBUM SOME ENCHANTED EVENG, RERDG STANDARDS HE HAD LOVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE. IN 2010, HE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WH HIS VOL CHORDS, WHICH BEME APPARENT WHEN HE WAS PERFORMG WH SIMON AT THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND HERAGE FTIVAL. IT WAS A STGGLE TO SG ANYTHG AT ALL. HE HAD “PARIS” OF HIS VOL CHORDS, AND STARTED TO LOSE HIS MIDDLE RANGE. IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR YEARS FOR HIM TO REVER, AND HE TOLD ROLLG STONE MAGAZE 2014 THAT HE WAS BACK TO 96% PABILY, AND STILL GETTG STRONGER. HE ALSO SPOKE NDIDLY ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP WH SIMON, “WE ARE SCRIBABLE. YOU’LL NEVER PTURE . IT’S AN GROWN, EP IENDSHIP. Y, THERE IS EP LOVE THERE. BUT THERE’S ALSO SH.” IN 2016, THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL SONG “AMERI” WAS ED — WH THEIR PERMISSN — BY BERNIE SANRS HIS UNSUCCSFUL MPAIGN TO SECURE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMATN FOR PRINT. “I LIKE BERNIE,” GARFUNKEL TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM. “I LIKE HIS FIGHT. I LIKE HIS DIGNY AND HIS STANCE. I LIKE THIS SONG.” TODAY, GARFUNKEL NTU TO RERD AND PERFORM SOLO PROJECTS, WHILE ALSO TEAMG UP WH FAMO ARTISTS SUCH AS JAM TAYLOR AND BCE SPRGSTEEN. HE ALSO NTU TO APPEAR MOVI. IN THE 1980S, LONG-DISTANCE WALKG BEME ONE OF HIS PASSNS; HE CROSSED BOTH JAPAN AND THE UNED STAT ON FOOT. DURG HIS WALKS, HE STARTED WRG POETRY, AND PUBLISHED A LLECTN 1989 LLED STILL WATER. IN 2017, HE ADD ANOTHER PUBLISHED WORK WH AN TOBGRAPHY, WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMO: NOT OM AN UNRGROUND MAN, A ECCENTRIC MIX OF POETRY, LISTS, TRAVEL AND MGS ABOUT HIS WIFE.GARFUNKEL HAS NTUED HIS PASSN FOR LONG DISTANCE WALKG FOR SEVERAL S. HAVG NOW WALKED ACROSS A SIGNIFINT PORTN OF THE WORLD, HE STILL NSIRS HIS LIFE EXPERIENC TO BE LS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED, AND MORE ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BEEN BLSED WH, SAYG, "I FEEL SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT OM MANY PEOPLE THE EXTRAORDARY AMOUNT OF GOOD FORTUNE THAT FELL TO MY LAP AND MA UP MY LIFE."PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFEWHILE THE 1970S PROVED TO BE FULL OF SUCCS, THE 1980S WERE A CHALLENGE FOR GARFUNKEL BOTH PROFSNALLY AND PERSONALLY. AFTER A BRIEF MARRIAGE TO LDA GROSSMAN THE EARLY 1970S, GARFUNKEL DATED ACTRS LRIE BIRD FOR FIVE YEARS. IN 1979, SHE MTED SUICI, LEAVG GARFUNKEL HEARTBROKEN. HE CREDS HIS BRIEF BUT HAPPY RELATNSHIP WH PENNY MARSHALL FOR HELPG HIM REVER OM HIS LOSS, AND CHANNELED HIS PRSN TO HIS 1981 ALBUM SCISSORS CUT, WHICH WAS DITED TO BIRD. IN 1985, HE MET MOL KIM CERMACK ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE GOOD TO GO. THE UPLE MARRIED THREE YEARS LATER, AND HAVE TWO SONS. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

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In 1997, he rerd an album for children spired by his son Jam, verg songs by Cat Stevens, Marv Gaye and John Lennon-Pl McCartney, among others.

Is Arthur Garfunkel Gay? Arthur Garfunkel is not gay, and all sexual mors about him are rrect. Garfunkel and his bandmate Simon were primarily mored to be gay.

pecially by many gay people at the time, as referrg to a gay meetg place. by the gay muny.

that Simon & Garfunkel were gay, or at least bisexual. prevalent wh the gay muny the 70s and early 80s. troduced me to the Spartac Gay Gui.

listed all the famo gay people throughout the ag. Nowadays, there is no answer to the issue -Art Garfunkel is gay? Neverthels, speculatns over whether Art Garfunkel is gay or not are still prent certa rners of the tabloids and on var webs, once aga whout any solid foundatn.

In any se, celebri too often refe to talk about their private liv, so we never know if one is gay or straight.

GayCultureLand: Simon & Garfunkel part 1

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