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FRANKIE HOWERD'S LONG-TIME GAY PARTNER BREAKS HIS SILENCE
But 15 years later the gay actor and dancer ntracted HIV.
"Dennis was Frankie Howerd's bs manager and long-term partner, whose relatnship wh the star had to stay secret bee, for much of their liv, homosexualy this untry was one except their clost iends ever knew. As Dennis says: "Frankie did not want to be gay. "Dennis still belongs to a world where gay people did not e out of the closet bee was illegal.
"Chris, a former nurse and occupatnal therapist who beme iends wh the uple when he met them a North London pub 22 years ago, adds: "Frankie hated mixg wh gays. He travelled all over the world performg for the Armed Forc and knew any ht that he was gay would end his reer. The gay US star also appeared as a dancer the film of The Beatl’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.