I was a waiter at a high end restaurant in Peoria, Illinois. One night around 9:00PM Richard Pryor came in with a very lovely young lady. He said I know it’s kind of late but could we have some coffee and pie? Of course we were delighted to serve them and he was a true gentleman. It was a $12.00 check and he left a fifty dollar bill. We served a lot of celebrities but he was my favorite!
See, I think when people are left to be THEMSELVES, they’re the best! We do/support awful things sometimes, but people (that’s ALL people) are really good. GREAT memory & it adds color to the picture that is Richard Pryor. Thanks! 🤟🙂
We saw Sherman Hemsley in Las Vegas- being driven in a car right next to us!!! a station wagon!!! We lost our minds- our faces were hanging out of the windows and we were screaming, "WE LOVE YOU!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!" He was laughing- the man sitting next to him was laughing- the driver was laughing- we were just star struck
Sherman was one of my all time favorites. I was young and up into my teen years when The Jeffersons was on. George (Sherman) could make me laugh out loud!! Love him and I'll miss him always! 🎉❤🎉
I was heartbroken to learn how Phyllis Hyman died. Alone and lonely by her own hand. How sad she must've been. Rest in peace Phyllis. Your voice was heaven sent. 🙏🏿❤️🎤
Sherman Hemsley was from Souith Philly and everyone here knew and didn't care. And Nell Carter was out and openly admitted she was in a romantic relationship with Ann before she passed away.
Mr. Hemsley was my neighbor in El Paso Texas and my drinking buddy at the Applebee's on Airway and not once did anyone question his sexuality neither does anyone care. Just remember Sherman for his legacy and stop trying to bring up things that are irrelevant to him and his talent.🤬
@@bilalahmed2123 trust I'm only 52 with kids and grandkids and if I was in a relationship with Sherman Hemsley I'd be very proud to speak of it because at least he was a decent man. I am flawed but I will not let people talk shit about him and his legacy so take your backhanded remarks back. He was a great man and people don't recognize that anymore because everyone needs to have a title. People like that disgust me.
Being so obsessed about what someone does in their bedroom is weird. It’s no one’s business. Entertainers don’t owe ANYONE their business. All they owe their fans is their talent: singing, dancing, acting and that’s it.
True. But some revel in the celebration of their sexual identity. I don’t want to know or need to know. But if you want me to know for for some reason, I will listen.
@@ManuelW-pd3hv If I were famous, I would like to think I wouldn't give a flip for people who wouldn't like me for who I really am. Real friends stay, others were no friends at all.
Regardless of any of these people’s sexuality, they brought joy to many people and to many generations to come. Their sexuality should have never been an issue. It was their private life which they were entitled. They owned no one any type of explanation.
I think you're wrong,the significance is that most all black actors if the days were gay,and that itself is very proplexing,think about it go to all the old blk actors and gays is more than the norm,and that's something to question when it's tied to fame or wealth.Suggesting u had to do or be to advance in that field ,along with others.
Richard Pryor was open about his sexuality, in so many words, but his wife only brought it to light after he passed.. Pam Grier also spoke about it in her book, great read too
lets analyse the lies which are world wide believed and origin from masons: lie: schools are of use (fact. schools keep slavery alive and stands for dumbing down the population of mankind) lie: moon and mars landings, (fact: even masons know they cannot leave - earth is closed system, unless you want to drown, there is no other place created for us to live in.) lie: news channels share truth (fact: these are for politic propaganda) lie: voting matters (fact: politic propaganda) lie: money has a value of its own (fact: it is just a tool of this world, which value has been agreed upon world wide, it should be not loved, only used as needed.) lie: NASA lies (globe and all....) (fact: NASA stands for TO DECEIVE and 2 members expose their own lies, one is still alive, the other (Wernher Von Braun) place a clear clue on his own gravestone) - you havn´t searched - have you? lie: the lgbtq++++ propaganda (fact: it is a part of masonry depopulation agenda, 500 000 000 souls, thats their goal - Georgia Guidestones! - who said it be worthy to forgot?) lie: Evolution and the dinosaurs. (fact: mankind is not hybrid kind) to keep stating that there was an evolution, then we ain´t humans, we aint then mankind, we are then hybrids. Are you a hybrid? Lie: holidays (xmas, Halloween, new year eve and so on) (fact: PAGAN HOLIDAYS, to praise BAAL, the god of this world) lie: U.F.Os (fact: they are demons/evil spirits in high places, against whom we fight daily = spiritual warfare) lie: rules and laws rule the world (fact: signs and symbols of masonry do) lie: believe in being educated (fact: found daily living with the lack of knowledge) lie: religions are ways to heaven (fact: JESUS CHRIST is only way to heaven. Religions, no matter its name = masonic garbage) lie: our dead loved ones stay around to “ghost” (fact: hunting and ghosting is job of demons, not of humans. We, humans, come from GOD and return back to HIM and all the stories of having been seen a ghost - terrifying, scary, dark, cold - again no job of analysing been done here by you- right?) Lie: Humans have no immune system and we need vaccines as these save lives (fact: humans HAVE IMMUNE SYSTEM and vaccines are created for one or two purpose: to kill or to cripple. If you took all their poison shots then later in life comes all kinds of medical diagnoses = vaccines crippled you - remember that) lie: there is no GOD (fact: There is GOD, who redeems sinners and created us directly from the dust of the earth: Psalms 139:14 (KJV) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.) to keep claiming that there is no GOD and we aint created directly from the dust of the earth, we soon run out logic, regardless to we place “evolution” in our claims or not and our dead, whats happening to them as they sleep in their graves? - they decay away, becoming the dust form which they were taken, if it ain`t so then we are simply reality deniers. lie: 911 was terror attack (fact: 911 was an inside job, meaning the work of your loved government) lie: Tv watching is of use (fact: television (TV) = tell a lie vision, a weapon for our minds, keeping it under MK ULTRA) half lie/half truth: earth is a stage where everyone plays rolls (fact: earth is stage, a freemasonry checkerboard, where both side, black and white are masons and humans both in politics and regular souls = the naive public gets daily played) lie: children are government to raise (fact: children are parents to raise, it takes 2 to make them, it takes 2 to raise them). Lie: we live already in the matrix (fact: we live since birth in BABYLON which is to become “matrix” as Man - us, must merge with machine aka take the mark of the beast and then matrix aka false reality becomes to be 100%) lie: humans are not intelligent enough (fact: it is forgotten fact, we all are intelligent, many have suffered the illness from this world, being indoctrinated by masons, cause who give us the school system which we have? masons did, because they need slaves. Lie: love is low standard and = lust (fact love is high standard as love means> John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Lie> do what thy wilt there is no body who has the right to judge you (fact> GOD SHALL JUDGE YOU AFTER YOU HAVE DEPARTED ON EARTH and Christians are also called to give out righteous judgment, therefore repent * born again * go and sin no more) lie: slavery is over (fact: slavery was never over, it just changes a little as we are no longer buy`d or sold, still prepared through school systems for our future slavery, succumb to our slave lives based on our free will) 24 lies, should i go on? This world ain´t deceived, out there to deceive? Topic we need to know: search in short: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY. Freemasonry and its plans/agendas/projections/ operations: project blue beam project MK ULTRA Operation Paperclip Operation Mockingbird
Richard Pryor joked about his sexuality. He spoke about it in a way that the public wouldn't realize that he was really bisexual. In his book he called his brief relationship with a trans woman "2 weeks of being gay." Pam Grier's book is good. He did her so dirty.
No wonder he didn't have a wife and children I thought he was into the actress who played mrs jefferson, maybe rejected him to be with another man, he upset and decided to not meeting no women, mrs. jefferson is the only woman he love That's how I thought 😂😅 but anyway RIP too😔🕊
@@screwyootube1 I was in a twenty plus year age gap relationship and loved it! She certainly had no complaints! Her family disapproved of it, however. I think they were suspicious of my motives. It was somewhat frustrating that our age difference made it difficult to have things in common. For instance, I have heard of all the popular culture actors, bands, politicians etc.that she wanted to talk about such as Zach Efron, Little Nas X, Lady Gaga, AOC etc. but she didn’t even know some big names from my era such as Rock Hudson, Richard Nixon, Tom Jones, The Dave Clark 5... all the biggies.
I don't think these celebrities were afraid regarding their sexual preferences. It is none of our business how celebrities conduct their private lives. Social media is too involved in celebrities personal lives and celebrities are not famous for personal lives unless you are the Kardashians.
Y'all just want to live in this fantasy land that those men were straight men when in reality they weren't....you are not gay you can never understand the fear and termoil these men went through because the hatred and homophobia that was fumigating Back in there days....back in the 1950's all throughout the early 2000's, if you came out in Hollywood or The music industry, and the sports world...your career would be destroyed, and you would be cancelled and blackballed. Gay performers were the first victims of Cancel Culture that last 8 decades. What this TH-cam video is saying is the cold hearted truth and you all just can't handle it because you have that inner homophobia yourself that's why you made they are gay. And you bring up Vladtv but he is the most watched and most successful interviewer on social media garnering billions of hits and likes...he is making millions. Vlad is making more money then you and is more successful well you complain and bitch about him on comment sections.
@@williamkirkpatrick6942no you don’t comprehend. If you didn’t care, you wouldn’t have watched the video let alone take the time to type a comment out. So shush fool, stop making yourself look more dumb.
@MsSrudisill I don't. I just wanted to see who they put on the list but generally who really gives a fuck? What does knowing do to change your life circumstances gossiping about dead people no longer here to defend themselves?
Many people were dumb, they thought Archie was making fun of minorities and they agreed with him instead of realizing that the actor was making fun of ignorant people.
@@MarkEliasGrant it was a parody. I agree. That's what made him funny. Also, in real life Carroll O'Connor was known to be critical of conservative policies.
I see what you are saying, but I think you assume they wanted to hide who they loved. There is a difference between wanting privacy and being afraid to show who you really are. I think many of these people were quiet because they were scared quiet.''
@@monicadaniels784 Their careers would be over in their day. Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens is a gay woman. She does not "sell" that to her Black fans too hard, her fan base would shrink further and she's pretty much "informed" us of this in not speaking too much about her "wife". She, I'd say, about, 2 or 3 months ago was on Sherri Shepherd (daytime talk show) and got a standing ovation because she is the Queen (rapper, actor, philanthropist), lol, but DID NOT answer any questions about her love life - which I'm sure she made clear with show producers. Luther Van Dross was a gay man, a soul and r&b singer whom was singing love songs to women, not that it wasn't known that he was gay but had he come out as a gay man those album/music sales would have dried up. Patti LaBelle, a best friend, told him his career would be die on the vine had he come out as a gay man singing love songs to women, his songs would have been disingenuous had he been openly gay. As we all know Freddie Mercury was a gay man but was Fari, Muslim. Though the joke was on us "Queen" was masterful in being macho and hyper-masculine in their songs and on stage. Though eventually he came out he did so at the point of death when AIDS had consumed him. Otherwise, he'd probably may not have been as public due to his "religion". We are not perfect beings, famous or everyday people. Some things should remain private and off the radar. I think it depends on the level of fame one wants to receive - the larger one is the more private, I think, a person should be. Life doesn't always work that way though. That's my 2 pennies, lol.
@@tbarnett984 I get it! It comes down to priorities, personal choice and the reality of the consequences of the prejudices of society, doesn't it. We can look at as the controllers and the controlled. So tired of people trying to run other people's lives! Keeping things private has a cost. How do we ever stop making people miserable by controlling what they can and can't do, if we never bring things out in the public and normalize people running their own lives? The brave ones do this, I think. Look at someone like Rosa Parks.
I distinctly remember a Jet magazine article that was issued either in the late 80's or early 90's which quoted Richard Pryor saying that he tried homosexuality but didn't like it. So i dont think it was ever hidden by him. I think he experimented with it and it simply wasn't his preference.
I've been hearing about Sherman Helmsley being gay for years. Richard Pryor used to openly joked about performing fallatio on drug dealers. I'm shocked at Nell Carter & Phyllis Hyman
I don't think the video did an adequate job of establishing a same-sex relationship for Nell Carter. Sounds like the woman she lived with could just as well have been a caretaker for the final years of her declining health.
I actually met Nell Carter in New Orleans and was a extra on Gimme A Break when they filmed a episode at the Worlds Fair in New Orleans, I was also a extra in the movie French Quarter Undercover filmed the same time. I was 10 years old. I also met Joey Lawrence who was in the episode on the show. She was very sweet.
Why? No one ever tells heterosexuals to be quiet about who the hell they slept with or were in a relationship with. I don’t want to be quiet about my boyfriend nor should I be.
Every time I see pictures of Phyllis she always looks either straight up devastated or depressed but trying to put on a smile for the camera, it’s heartbreaking to see…she was loved by so many ❤️🥺
I never knew about Phyllis Hyman. I did night club security with a gentleman who used to date her. He told me she always had a rock glass for her liquor on the nightstand. That's why he stopped dating her🤔
@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape That heavy glass with the designs All around it. It's the glass people use When they drink liquor. If you go to someone's house and they offer you a drink They will pour it in this heavy glass🥃
so he dropped her because of a "glass" or because she was too much to handle when drinking or drunk? I'm sure there's more to the story than that detail. I am a Phyllis Hyman fan but I read she was bipolar so maybe she self-treated with alcohol or drugs. Bless her heart, I wish she'd found happiness with a man or woman either one.
@@FriendofDorothy As you may know someone who is constantly drunk or high is very difficult to deal with. So no he didn't drop her because she always had a glass on her nightstand, he dropped her because she was always high🤷🏿
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GAY PEOPLE'S THEY ARE ALL HUMAN WE ALL ARE THEY RESPECT ME AND I GIVE THEM RESPECT TOO FACT'S GOD LOVES US ALL AND HE IS THE JUDGE 💗
These stars kept that private because they know how hypocritical people are. I have experienced a family member slandering Me to her in-law about My sexuality but was living as a lesbian and married to one. People want to live their lives, but want to condition someone else on how he/she should live. Makes no sense to Me.
I respect everyone who choose not to come out as they rightfully have to fear consequences for their career and sometimes even their security. But those who have left us don't have to fear anything anymore. Do you really believe they deserve less dignity and respect now that we know who they were as human beings? Still they are free of blame! But strangely you confuse the right on their private life with the inhuman pressure to lead a hidden life.
A lot of people didn't know it at the the time, but Damon Evans aka the second Lionel on the Jeffersons was openly gay, and according to him, he and Isabel Sanford didn't get along off screen because of it. He said that they had worked together before on stage before they did the Jeffersons together, and she found out that he was gay then. So it's funny that Sherman felt the need to hide his homosexuality, but one of his fellow cast members didn't seem to care who knew about his.
@@nogooddeed2409 I never could "look" at Damon, and tell he was gay; I still can't when I see him on The Jeffersons. It's not like he was acting like Ru Paul or something.
that guy who played keith on good times might have been gay. pretty bad for white people to see black people as gay.... at one time we all thought they were simply whitey haters. somehow this video does not mention jacko or shitney. people thought jacko was gay by 1988. his whole life was a cover up and disgrace.
Others who wouldn’t reveal or at least downplayed their being gay were: Liberace, Paul Lynde, Gilbert Harding, Robert Reed, Marjorie Main, Spring Byington (she and Main were said to be lovers), Richard Deacon, Raymond Burr and Nancy Kulp. Charles Nelson Reilly was rumored to be gay for years. He did reveal that he was toward the end of his life in his one-man show “Save It For The Stage: The Life of Reilly.” Roddy McDowell was also rumored to be gay, but no one has been able to give evidence of it. He always showed up at different gatherings and events alone, he was never reported to be connected to anyone, and he never talked about his private life, so it’ll probably never be known what he really was.
Just because they are/were celebrities, they do not need to expose their personal lives to anyone. Only snoopy gossipers want to know doo-doo about people... to gossip.
@@johnstudd4245 what cause is that exactly? Also targeting and trying to insult a group of people cause of your own personal prejudices is something Jesus never did
9/10 comments are people saying that it's nobody's business; why did you watch then? It may not have been our business, but we still wanted to know, didn't we?
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@@Ma1nguy My point is clear not sure why you need me to repeat it. What people do is no one’s business. And most gay couples aren’t buried together but it’s nice that Paul Winfield is with his. I used more words, hopefully you’ll understand.
@@rucianapollard7098 , My point exactly! We didn't need to know. It was about his talent, not what he did in the privacy of his "private life". Now everybody wants to know about someones sex life. It's disgusting. None of it was known back then or cared to be known.
@@edie4321 What about taking a walk down the block, hand in hand with your loved one? Gay or straight should be able to do that freely. Nobody's talking about knowing about the details of their sex lives.
@@kumaranvij , I'm sure he must've done plenty of that performing in Vegas, But like I said, the media and no one cared. Maybe I've just always been around people that do unto others as they'd have done. Which is, live and let live, and MYOB. It's the media that makes a deal out of things, and then people follow. As we could tell in 2020, they are easily led.
I gather you have never heard of Bobby Hatfield (of the Righteous Brothers), Daryl Hall, Michael McDonald, or other blue-eyed soul singers. I never thought Dan Hartman was a black singer and I was on the dance floor dancing to his records back in the day.
@@FriendofDorothy of course I have! Michael McDonald is one of artists . I was just pointing it out. I know and I love them all. I grew up in the 80s . Fun times! It was more singers like them today.
@@bsquared4604 What other people claim about them that they themselves never said about themselves. You don't see the topic of the video as a negative thing but how would you like it if a few years after you're dead a bunch of people in and around your life start spreading rumors and stories about you that you never claimed about yourself? It's hella tacky to talk about someone once they're dead even if you think what you're saying about them is innocent and wonderful, it says you never had respect for them in the first place and only pretended to value their respect and privacy when they were alive, because the moment they died you want to dishonor them regardless of if what you say about them is true or not.
whomever wrote this knew less than nothing about Dan Hartman, who shared his music gifts with James Brown, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Little Richard, David Johansson, David Lee Roth and far more prominent artists than I can even remember right now.
Largely, society doesn’t give a Fam abt who ppl sleep with. It’s just salacious gossip just like any other secret. For the most part, it’s ppl “coming out” and tell in the world their business. Most ppl don’t care and don’t wanna know.
Because we need to know that there are people that had to hide who they were. Do you think it's right that some black entertainers felt the need to "pass" as white? No, they should be able to say who they are and not hide. Same with gay people.
Back then people were so concerning including me 😅, why he never met a woman and have kids with her like everybody else at the time? But I still love him in the jefferson show ❤🏳️🌈❤
As a black gay man, I can tell you that I've tried to keep my personal life private but unfortunately so many in this world, think it still matters to them. I served in the military for 26 years and I was often under suspension. I was also highly visible/successful and moved through the ranks quickly and the same in my civilian life. Almost all of my life, that was a major card (civilian and military) anyone ever had against me (privately) but wouldn't say anything publicly. Many, many tried to benefit from it but because of my faith, God always made a way for me .
I'm a gay white man who served 33 years Full-Time in our army (Australia), and I was ordered to tell everyone I worked with that I'm gay. My Warrant Officer said "They have a right to know who they're working with". After that, no promotions, nil advancement. Kept sidelined for the next 16 years in non mainstream positions. Felt like ending it everyday. People were allowed to treat me however they wanted. Out of the army nowadays but a total mental mess after how I was treated.
@@mikieanthony777 I loved serving my country and doing some of the things I got to do. Yes people will say it's my fault for not leaving, but I loved serving my country.
I dont follow instagram but her ex girlfriend has provided a lot of rare photos of Phyllis on the FB page. The relationship is also well documented in the only Phyllis biography. Fantastic book I recommend to anyone who loved her music.
@@gregpresley1466 Well apparently thats up for debate because if a man who identfies as straight says he even had one encounter with a man, he would be classified as gay by a lot of ppl. I think its wrong. I think a male or a female can be intimate with the same gender once or twice. It does not make them gay.
This is actually as low as you can go. None of these people are here to defend themselves or confirm anything that was said here. It's as if once you die, it gives license to anyone to say the things you didn't while you were here. Classless. Let some of these people rest in peace.
The fact you think they need to "defend" themselves is disgusting. Your attitude and people like you are the reason they were closeted. They and NO gay person should have to defend themselves. They are as God made them.
It's interesting how this video is conveniently focused mostly on *_Black_* entertainment legends who are not around to confirm or deny these otherwise potentially damning claims. Way to go.
I loved Paul Winfield in STNG when he played the alien in the episode "Darmok" He did such a good job, not to mention all of the other characters that he played in other series and movies.
I was never a Richard fan...I hated that movie Which way is up? He downed Black women..leaving his wife for a Mexican...he had affairs with Paul and Marlon
@@jincks277 If it was 'well known,' then name the 'partner.' How come the guy who made the video had to read about the possibility in a book after she passed?
I used to watch Nell Carter on Gimme a Break when I was younger, and I never knew this about her. I like Phyllis Hymans music, but I couldn't listen to it alot it was too depressing and I definitely didn't know she was bisexual.
Pryor was an open book that's what made him a great comedian he told his story to the world he admitted to dating trans women and also being intimate with men he just didn't say who the men were because it wasn't anyone else's business.
We are worrying about someone's sexuality and not about history being erased,the economy, racism, wars being fought that aren't ours, people really we should be ashamed of ourselves, there are many more important things to be concerned with 😮
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I'm gay and I expect no preferential treatment. Many of my straight friends know about me. When I came out to my sister years ago she said "Oh I already knew that" I said why didn't you tell me, she said it wasn't her place to bring it up. We're closer than ever and she will never allow anyone to speak ill of her big brother. I don't go to gay clubs nothing but pickup joints. On marriage I'm old school one man and one woman. I'm not calling another man "my husband" or "boyfriend" I live alone and that's the way I like it. No one night stands either. I don't support LGBTQ either.
A well known actress of today said there are still plenty of gay men in the acting field who continue to live in the closet because of the fear it will affect their careers. Prejudice is still rampant in the musical and acting worlds.
those careers have a Lot of understanding people because they are in a field with a lot of LGBTQT+ people. It's the audience that would be the most prejudice.
I am quite sure that most of today's big stars slept with men to get to where they are. This seems to be how Hollywood works. Diddy, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, etc.
In the industry, it's probably not about prejudice, but about marketability. Actors or musicians are often marketed as sex symbols. They're in danger of losing their credibilty as a love interest of their audience once they come out. What woman would dream about a man she knows is gay? From a financial pov, the LGBT crowd is simply too small to cater to - just too little revenue! So how many films with gay topics can you name? The occasional gay character on a TV show may be included to get that audience, too, but they will certainly not drive viewer rates into the orbit.
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Its like people like people but when something comes out they feel some kind of way, your feelings should never change about that person if you were a true friend.
In a perfect world, yes. In reality, no. People view a gay person differently after they come out. I know this from personal experience and learned to share it only when in the right company. That's just me. lol
I looked it up. I don't think Dan Hartman was black, thought the person who sung the verison of "I can dream about you" in the movie Streets of Fire appears to be. And no one is suprised by "Shaka When the Walls Fell" Paul Winfield. He's an all-star.
So if THEY didn't want anybody in their bedroom business then why are we dishonoring their requests? Everybody who keeps their business to themselves is not doing so out of fear. Some people just like to keep their business to themselves. Celebrities do not owe ANYBODY their business. It's sick to be so interested in who another person is sleeping with.
I was fully expecting people like Anthony Perkins, Rock Hudson, Robert Reed and musicians to be in this list like Marvin Gaye, Liberace and Freddie Mercury.
While I can agree on one hand that this is personal business and that it’s not right to out these people, this also goes to show you that being gay or bi is more the norm and is something that people shouldn’t hide and be ashamed of. It’s a great way to educate people.
TOO bad being racist is more the norm now also.Being a person of color in america has led to death on many occasions,someone being bi or gay can sit out from these troubles,but,black and brown people can not.
God gives the best education of all. And it’s much better to take His teachings seriously here. Before you realize you should have, when it’s too late to. :\
@@ryanchristiansen Well, you can know for sure by just asking Jesus to Reveal Himself to you.✝ He never refuses a _sincere,_ contrite heart. Not believing facts, doesn’t change a thing about them. Hope you make a wiser choice for yourself. If not, well God allows for that too. He rejects no one who doesn’t reject His Son, our Savior, Jesus.✝ People who decide to reject the Only Hope they have, will live an eternity w/o any hope at all. He gives us all exactly what/who we choose for ourselves here, forever. Choose wisely.✝
Don't forget Mr. Winfield's relationship with Cicely Tyson; from all accounts, he was enraptured with her, and she to him, but it became too intense. After the break-up, he found lasting love.
Paul Winfield has/had a beautiful voice. I love hearing his narration on City Confidential. As much as I watched it, I never that was his voice (til later). As for Richard Pryor, I out about his sexuality awhile ago. My first word was DAAAAMMNN. As much as I listened to his records, I never would have guessed.
Merv was fabulous. I loved him from young childhood. I dont care who he slept with or what they did together. He was a beautiful star whose smile lit up the entire room.
Merv Griffin, Hemsley and Winfill were well known in those lifestyles but not openly discussed. Phyllis suffered w/chemical depression much like Donny Hathaway.
People's private lives should be their OWN business (although if one becomes a celebrity, that wouldn't be very easy). But I fail to see the necessity of outing people AFTER they have passed on. It serves no purpose, but to entertain the morbidly curious. They were all gifted and talented in the feels they chose, and that should be more than enough. Only vultures pick at the departed. Leave them alone.
Sherman Hemsley played his part perfectly. I remember wishing he would just come out already. I thought Merv Griffin was cute, since I was a little kid. You didn't tell your parents about things like that back then. 🤣 LOL!
I remember Ms. Carter when she came to our church with Donna Summer. She was pretty upset and Donna, being Donna was trying to keep her upbeat and focusing on the Lord. I always wondered why Ms. Carter seemed to have such a heavy burden on her. Sad.
Mr. Hemsley was a talented actor who broke barriers. I hope that he was happy with his decision to keep his personal life separate from his professional one. Times were different.
Then in that case he wasn't completely in the closet about his sexuality. Well that doesn't take anything away all the greatness he contribute to all. I really don't understand why sexuality matters hear. Especially now that these stars have passed.
I can dream about you is one of my old time favorite songs. Thank you Dan RIP. A song I sent to my husband to be. 36 years later I will still sing out loud it and dance in the car. Soundtrack of my misspent youth
Merv had Totie Fields as a guest about 1966. She was telling a story about going to P-town which was pretty funny. There was some discreet nudging and winking going on. At the end of the day who cares ? people are people. If nobody is harming anyone who cares ?
@@chillbwill4149 Nobody pushing it down anyone's throat or forcing people to notice it.... No one says that when straight people are walking in their truth and being themselves, so why must it be seen as pushing something or forcing something just because it is different or stands out??
Their deceased and all were brilliant actors and entertainers. RIP, thank you for gracing my television screen with humor, drama, talk shows, and music.❤❤❤
Sexuality is a private personal matter and should be kept private. People who push their sexuality in your face are looking for affirmation and approval, which is ugly and sad.
I don't think any of these people were afraid to share their sexually with the public, I think they just preferred keeping their business to themselves. 😊
I was a waiter at a high end restaurant in Peoria, Illinois. One night around 9:00PM Richard Pryor came in with a very lovely young lady. He said I know it’s kind of late but could we have some coffee and pie? Of course we were delighted to serve them and he was a true gentleman. It was a $12.00 check and he left a fifty dollar bill. We served a lot of celebrities but he was my favorite!
Awesome story. Richard is among the VERY BEST
See, I think when people are left to be THEMSELVES, they’re the best! We do/support awful things sometimes, but people (that’s ALL people) are really good.
GREAT memory & it adds color to the picture that is Richard Pryor. Thanks! 🤟🙂
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We saw Sherman Hemsley in Las Vegas- being driven in a car right next to us!!! a station wagon!!! We lost our minds- our faces were hanging out of the windows and we were screaming, "WE LOVE YOU!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!" He was laughing- the man sitting next to him was laughing- the driver was laughing- we were just star struck
Sherman was one of my all time favorites. I was young and up into my teen years when The Jeffersons was on. George (Sherman) could make me laugh out loud!! Love him and I'll miss him always!
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😉💞🥰 thank you for sharing that story he truly was a great person
To this day, Amen is still my favorite 80's sitcom.
Always had the impression that he was a really nice humble guy---this story is just one eg. of that! He's so damn missed.
That makes me happy, Sherman was a treasure. Still makes me laugh and I still like watching The Jeffersons.
I was heartbroken to learn how Phyllis Hyman died. Alone and lonely by her own hand. How sad she must've been. Rest in peace Phyllis. Your voice was heaven sent. 🙏🏿❤️🎤
I remember when she died, news broke on the radio
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Sherman Hemsley was from Souith Philly and everyone here knew and didn't care. And Nell Carter was out and openly admitted she was in a romantic relationship with Ann before she passed away.
Wow...I didn't know that about the both of them!
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Mr. Hemsley was my neighbor in El Paso Texas and my drinking buddy at the Applebee's on Airway and not once did anyone question his sexuality neither does anyone care. Just remember Sherman for his legacy and stop trying to bring up things that are irrelevant to him and his talent.🤬
you must have fruity friends
Apparently, if you’re not a relationship or keep your relationships private, you must be gay ! He was a good actor, who liked to live a private life.
@@bilalahmed2123 trust I'm only 52 with kids and grandkids and if I was in a relationship with Sherman Hemsley I'd be very proud to speak of it because at least he was a decent man. I am flawed but I will not let people talk shit about him and his legacy so take your backhanded remarks back. He was a great man and people don't recognize that anymore because everyone needs to have a title. People like that disgust me.
@@jeremyallennossette6426 Some people will always talk to justify their weaknesses.
Cool ❤
Being so obsessed about what someone does in their bedroom is weird. It’s no one’s business. Entertainers don’t owe ANYONE their business. All they owe their fans is their talent: singing, dancing, acting and that’s it.
Oh yeah...that's why gays spread their LGBTQ++++++++++++++ agenda 24/7/365 because they want privacy.
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True. But some revel in the celebration of their sexual identity. I don’t want to know or need to know. But if you want me to know for for some reason, I will listen.
They do owe that. Some people might not be fans of you anymore once they find out the truth about you
@@ManuelW-pd3hv If I were famous, I would like to think I wouldn't give a flip for people who wouldn't like me for who I really am. Real friends stay, others were no friends at all.
Regardless of any of these people’s sexuality, they brought joy to many people and to many generations to come. Their sexuality should have never been an issue. It was their private life which they were entitled. They owned no one any type of explanation.
They were also low down - and down low!
I think you're wrong,the significance is that most all black actors if the days were gay,and that itself is very proplexing,think about it go to all the old blk actors and gays is more than the norm,and that's something to question when it's tied to fame or wealth.Suggesting u had to do or be to advance in that field ,along with others.
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@@John-i3z5jI doubt if that applies to Denzel Washington.
It would have never been an issue if they would have keep their mouths shut.
Until forty years ago, almost nobody dared call themselves homosexual to the public. Not if they valued their safety.
Lmao... Stop the cap
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Richard Pryor was open about his sexuality, in so many words, but his wife only brought it to light after he passed.. Pam Grier also spoke about it in her book, great read too
lets analyse the lies which are world wide believed and origin from masons:
lie: schools are of use (fact. schools keep slavery alive and stands for dumbing down the population of mankind)
lie: moon and mars landings, (fact: even masons know they cannot leave - earth is closed system, unless you want to drown, there is no other place created for us to live in.)
lie: news channels share truth (fact: these are for politic propaganda)
lie: voting matters (fact: politic propaganda)
lie: money has a value of its own (fact: it is just a tool of this world, which value has been agreed upon world wide, it should be not loved, only used as needed.)
lie: NASA lies (globe and all....) (fact: NASA stands for TO DECEIVE and 2 members expose their own lies, one is still alive, the other (Wernher Von Braun) place a clear clue on his own gravestone) - you havn´t searched - have you?
lie: the lgbtq++++ propaganda (fact: it is a part of masonry depopulation agenda, 500 000 000 souls, thats their goal - Georgia Guidestones! - who said it be worthy to forgot?)
lie: Evolution and the dinosaurs. (fact: mankind is not hybrid kind)
to keep stating that there was an evolution, then we ain´t humans, we aint then mankind, we are then hybrids. Are you a hybrid?
Lie: holidays (xmas, Halloween, new year eve and so on) (fact: PAGAN HOLIDAYS, to praise BAAL, the god of this world)
lie: U.F.Os (fact: they are demons/evil spirits in high places, against whom we fight daily = spiritual warfare)
lie: rules and laws rule the world (fact: signs and symbols of masonry do)
lie: believe in being educated (fact: found daily living with the lack of knowledge)
lie: religions are ways to heaven (fact: JESUS CHRIST is only way to heaven. Religions, no matter its name = masonic garbage)
lie: our dead loved ones stay around to “ghost” (fact: hunting and ghosting is job of demons, not of humans. We, humans, come from GOD and return back to HIM and all the stories of having been seen a ghost - terrifying, scary, dark, cold - again no job of analysing been done here by you- right?)
Lie: Humans have no immune system and we need vaccines as these save lives (fact: humans HAVE IMMUNE SYSTEM and vaccines are created for one or two purpose: to kill or to cripple. If you took all their poison shots then later in life comes all kinds of medical diagnoses = vaccines crippled you - remember that)
lie: there is no GOD (fact: There is GOD, who redeems sinners and created us directly from the dust of the earth: Psalms 139:14 (KJV)
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.)
to keep claiming that there is no GOD and we aint created directly from the dust of the earth, we soon run out logic, regardless to we place “evolution” in our claims or not and our dead, whats happening to them as they sleep in their graves? - they decay away, becoming the dust form which they were taken, if it ain`t so then we are simply reality deniers.
lie: 911 was terror attack (fact: 911 was an inside job, meaning the work of your loved government)
lie: Tv watching is of use (fact: television (TV) = tell a lie vision, a weapon for our minds, keeping it under MK ULTRA)
half lie/half truth: earth is a stage where everyone plays rolls (fact: earth is stage, a freemasonry checkerboard, where both side, black and white are masons and humans both in politics and regular souls = the naive public gets daily played)
lie: children are government to raise (fact: children are parents to raise, it takes 2 to make them, it takes 2 to raise them).
Lie: we live already in the matrix (fact: we live since birth in BABYLON which is to become “matrix” as Man - us, must merge with machine aka take the mark of the beast and then matrix aka false reality becomes to be 100%)
lie: humans are not intelligent enough (fact: it is forgotten fact, we all are intelligent, many have suffered the illness from this world, being indoctrinated by masons, cause who give us the school system which we have? masons did, because they need slaves.
Lie: love is low standard and = lust (fact love is high standard as love means>
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Lie> do what thy wilt there is no body who has the right to judge you (fact> GOD SHALL JUDGE YOU AFTER YOU HAVE DEPARTED ON EARTH and Christians are also called to give out righteous judgment, therefore repent * born again * go and sin no more)
lie: slavery is over (fact: slavery was never over, it just changes a little as we are no longer buy`d or sold, still prepared through school systems for our future slavery, succumb to our slave lives based on our free will)
24 lies, should i go on?
This world ain´t deceived, out there to deceive?
Topic we need to know: search in short: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY.
Freemasonry and its plans/agendas/projections/ operations:
project blue beam
project MK ULTRA
Operation Paperclip
Operation Mockingbird
Pam Grier book was a good read i brought it on my Kindle a couple of years back
Richard Pryor joked about his sexuality. He spoke about it in a way that the public wouldn't realize that he was really bisexual. In his book he called his brief relationship with a trans woman "2 weeks of being gay." Pam Grier's book is good. He did her so dirty.
@@samrindge8042 yes had the baddest chick on his arm, and never knew how to treat her, at least she never dated Sammy Davis he was worse
As Mr. Carson would say: "I did not know that."
I happen to love people who keep their personal lives private.
Amen to that!
When the public makes you famous,no such thing as a personal life.🙏
@@LovelyLonewolf-mc3ld well said
Me, too.
The wrong people can know all of your business "these days '.
What people do behind closed doors is their business.
And yet straight people announce their sexuality every day.
Not when it involves sexual abuse. Ask Bill Cosby.
@@bigverybadtom Who said anything about sexual abuse? Do you equate homosexuality with sexual abuse?
@@oneironaut420 No, but when crimes are committed, it's everybody's business, open or closed doors.
@@bigverybadtom This isn't about crimes, this is about famous people who were in the closet.
Outing deceased people is low and pointless.
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Huh? Tf are you talking about he's not being disrespectful. Take that liberal sensitivity back to your safe space
It's Trump time!
I strongly agree
Don't think it's that serious. It creates an interesting dialogue about lgbt rights.
Your PERSONAL sexual orientation should not be subject to public scrutiny regardless of your occupation.
I would agree with that, I actually don't want to know or actually care so, I would actually prefer people keep it to themselves.
Sherman Helmsley was awesome - so funny, so original. RIP
No wonder he didn't have a wife and children
I thought he was into the actress who played mrs jefferson, maybe rejected him to be with another man, he upset and decided to not meeting no women, mrs. jefferson is the only woman he love
That's how I thought 😂😅 but anyway RIP too😔🕊
@@456loveluck She was 20 years older than him. I have doubts that he was interested in her sexually. Just friends.
Lol Jeffersons used a real woman to play a dude pretending to be a woman. I love it!!
@@screwyootube1 I was in a twenty plus year age gap relationship and loved it! She certainly had no complaints! Her family disapproved of it, however. I think they were suspicious of my motives. It was somewhat frustrating that our age difference made it difficult to have things in common. For instance, I have heard of all the popular culture actors, bands, politicians etc.that she wanted to talk about such as Zach Efron, Little Nas X, Lady Gaga, AOC etc. but she didn’t even know some big names from my era such as Rock Hudson, Richard Nixon, Tom Jones, The Dave Clark 5... all the biggies.
And a fan of Gong, the European version of The Grateful Dead. FAR OUT!
I don't think these celebrities were afraid regarding their sexual preferences. It is none of our business how celebrities conduct their private lives. Social media is too involved in celebrities personal lives and celebrities are not famous for personal lives unless you are the Kardashians.
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Stop going on Vlad and stop outing people after they pass. That’s not your place.
I disagree
But is it true tho 🤔😒!?! If so....let it go.
You sound unsmart…go find something to keep yourself busy
Don’t you wish everyone was as perfect as you????? Get over it and quit while you are ahead!!!
Y'all just want to live in this fantasy land that those men were straight men when in reality they weren't....you are not gay you can never understand the fear and termoil these men went through because the hatred and homophobia that was fumigating Back in there days....back in the 1950's all throughout the early 2000's, if you came out in Hollywood or The music industry, and the sports world...your career would be destroyed, and you would be cancelled and blackballed.
Gay performers were the first victims of Cancel Culture that last 8 decades.
What this TH-cam video is saying is the cold hearted truth and you all just can't handle it because you have that inner homophobia yourself that's why you made they are gay.
And you bring up Vladtv but he is the most watched and most successful interviewer on social media garnering billions of hits and likes...he is making millions.
Vlad is making more money then you and is more successful well you complain and bitch about him on comment sections.
Who cares what these people were in their private lives, they all entertained us and we love them for what they are and gave us.
Obviously you care because you clicked and commented aka YOU CARE!!!
@@MsSrudisill you really did not comprehend. engage the brain to receive the message for once.
@@williamkirkpatrick6942no you don’t comprehend. If you didn’t care, you wouldn’t have watched the video let alone take the time to type a comment out. So shush fool, stop making yourself look more dumb.
@MsSrudisill sorry I wasn't specific my comment is directed to everybody else commenting saying this is gross or no, it's all lies .
@MsSrudisill I don't. I just wanted to see who they put on the list but generally who really gives a fuck? What does knowing do to change your life circumstances gossiping about dead people no longer here to defend themselves?
"George Jefferson is what!?" - Archie Bunker
As if he didn't know, O'Connor was a card carrying liberal...they all were. Fruits and Nuts as Archie would say.
" He drinks his beer with a little umbrella in it?"
Many people were dumb, they thought Archie was making fun of minorities and they agreed with him instead of realizing that the actor was making fun of ignorant people.
haha, good one
@@MarkEliasGrant it was a parody. I agree. That's what made him funny. Also, in real life Carroll O'Connor was known to be critical of conservative policies.
I got sucked into this video but I am feeling like “ whose business is this and so what????” Respect the obvious privacy these stars wanted
I see what you are saying, but I think you assume they wanted to hide who they loved. There is a difference between wanting privacy and being afraid to show who you really are. I think many of these people were quiet because they were scared quiet.''
Agree
Such a deep thought
@@monicadaniels784 Their careers would be over in their day. Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens is a gay woman. She does not "sell" that to her Black fans too hard, her fan base would shrink further and she's pretty much "informed" us of this in not speaking too much about her "wife". She, I'd say, about, 2 or 3 months ago was on Sherri Shepherd (daytime talk show) and got a standing ovation because she is the Queen (rapper, actor, philanthropist), lol, but DID NOT answer any questions about her love life - which I'm sure she made clear with show producers. Luther Van Dross was a gay man, a soul and r&b singer whom was singing love songs to women, not that it wasn't known that he was gay but had he come out as a gay man those album/music sales would have dried up. Patti LaBelle, a best friend, told him his career would be die on the vine had he come out as a gay man singing love songs to women, his songs would have been disingenuous had he been openly gay.
As we all know Freddie Mercury was a gay man but was Fari, Muslim. Though the joke was on us "Queen" was masterful in being macho and hyper-masculine in their songs and on stage. Though eventually he came out he did so at the point of death when AIDS had consumed him. Otherwise, he'd probably may not have been as public due to his "religion".
We are not perfect beings, famous or everyday people. Some things should remain private and off the radar. I think it depends on the level of fame one wants to receive - the larger one is the more private, I think, a person should be. Life doesn't always work that way though. That's my 2 pennies, lol.
@@tbarnett984 I get it! It comes down to priorities, personal choice and the reality of the consequences of the prejudices of society, doesn't it. We can look at as the controllers and the controlled. So tired of people trying to run other people's lives! Keeping things private has a cost. How do we ever stop making people miserable by controlling what they can and can't do, if we never bring things out in the public and normalize people running their own lives? The brave ones do this, I think. Look at someone like Rosa Parks.
I distinctly remember a Jet magazine article that was issued either in the late 80's or early 90's which quoted Richard Pryor saying that he tried homosexuality but didn't like it. So i dont think it was ever hidden by him. I think he experimented with it and it simply wasn't his preference.
I've been hearing about Sherman Helmsley being gay for years. Richard Pryor used to openly joked about performing fallatio on drug dealers. I'm shocked at Nell Carter & Phyllis Hyman
I don't think the video did an adequate job of establishing a same-sex relationship for Nell Carter. Sounds like the woman she lived with could just as well have been a caretaker for the final years of her declining health.
Phyllis was bi-sexual. I have the book written by Jason A. Michael
I been read about Nell that she was gay. I just recently read about Sherman Hemsley and I read been read about Paul.
Not really shocked in all honesty. A lot of people keep their TRUE sexual orientation hidden.
I remember when Nell Charter passed away and they found out she secretly had married a woman...👀
I actually met Nell Carter in New Orleans and was a extra on Gimme A Break when they filmed a episode at the Worlds Fair in New Orleans, I was also a extra in the movie French Quarter Undercover filmed the same time. I was 10 years old. I also met Joey Lawrence who was in the episode on the show. She was very sweet.
First, I'm glad they didn't talk about who they slept with , that's private. I wish more people in the community would do that.
Yes, it's no one's business but their own.
I could care less about their private lives. I have more important things to do than concern myself with who is doing what with another.
Why? No one ever tells heterosexuals to be quiet about who the hell they slept with or were in a relationship with. I don’t want to be quiet about my boyfriend nor should I be.
@A_Muzik no one cares who your sleeping with that's the point 😂we don't care who sleeps with who just make a good movie or song
@@yosimtybred1762 when heterosexual people keep who they sleep with to themselves, then I will reconsider.
Every time I see pictures of Phyllis she always looks either straight up devastated or depressed but trying to put on a smile for the camera, it’s heartbreaking to see…she was loved by so many ❤️🥺
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I never knew about Phyllis Hyman. I did night club security with a gentleman who used to date her. He told me she always had a rock glass for her liquor on the nightstand. That's why he stopped dating her🤔
What's a rock glass?
@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape That heavy glass with the designs All around it. It's the glass people use When they drink liquor. If you go to someone's house and they offer you a drink They will pour it in this heavy glass🥃
Classy glass...I get it
Crystal etched hoity toity
Waking up and needing a shot is not a desirable trait in a girlfriend@@generalinformation3507
so he dropped her because of a "glass" or because she was too much to handle when drinking or drunk? I'm sure there's more to the story than that detail. I am a Phyllis Hyman fan but I read she was bipolar so maybe she self-treated with alcohol or drugs. Bless her heart, I wish she'd found happiness with a man or woman either one.
@@FriendofDorothy As you may know someone who is constantly drunk or high is very difficult to deal with. So no he didn't drop her because she always had a glass on her nightstand, he dropped her because she was always high🤷🏿
SOMETIMES GAY PEOPLE CAN BE NICER THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE. AS LONG AS THEY TREAT ME WITH RESPECT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM.
AGREE WITH THE 💯💯💯💯❤
ME TOO
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GAY PEOPLE'S THEY ARE ALL HUMAN WE ALL ARE THEY RESPECT ME AND I GIVE THEM RESPECT TOO FACT'S GOD LOVES US ALL AND HE IS THE JUDGE 💗
AGREE WITH YOU 💯👍👍
I am gay and I have no problem with straight people as long as they treat me with respect. That door swings both ways!
Richard Priar wasn’t afraid. No one believed him until Quincy Jones said it.
He admitted to having an affair with Marlon Brando
Right I was just about to say, he didn’t care
QUINCY GOD PIMP GAY !!!!! HE TRIED SLEEP 2PAC. MIKE JACKSON ANOTHER STORY
@@ericmatterson9905🤐🤢🤢🤢
Richard was on drugs I've seen people on drugs and now they are better.
These stars kept that private because they know how hypocritical people are. I have experienced a family member slandering Me to her in-law about My sexuality but was living as a lesbian and married to one. People want to live their lives, but want to condition someone else on how he/she should live. Makes no sense to Me.
At the end of the day, we're all humans and we deserve the dignity and respect of each other, including our private lives.
I respect everyone who choose not to come out as they rightfully have to fear consequences for their career and sometimes even their security. But those who have left us don't have to fear anything anymore. Do you really believe they deserve less dignity and respect now that we know who they were as human beings? Still they are free of blame! But strangely you confuse the right on their private life with the inhuman pressure to lead a hidden life.
A lot of people didn't know it at the the time, but Damon Evans aka the second Lionel on the Jeffersons was openly gay, and according to him, he and Isabel Sanford didn't get along off screen because of it. He said that they had worked together before on stage before they did the Jeffersons together, and she found out that he was gay then. So it's funny that Sherman felt the need to hide his homosexuality, but one of his fellow cast members didn't seem to care who knew about his.
Times were different and Sherman was from a different generation: Merv's.
Please, you could look at Damon Evans and tell he was gay. A very, very poor substitution for the original Lionel.
@@nogooddeed2409 I never could "look" at Damon, and tell he was gay; I still can't when I see him on The Jeffersons. It's not like he was acting like Ru Paul or something.
that guy who played keith on good times might have been gay. pretty bad for white people to see black people as gay.... at one time we all thought they were simply whitey haters. somehow this video does not mention jacko or shitney. people thought jacko was gay by 1988. his whole life was a cover up and disgrace.
@@nogooddeed2409
I always said the same, if not many that I knew, tha he was a poor substitution.
Never could tell that he was gay though.
Others who wouldn’t reveal or at least downplayed their being gay were: Liberace, Paul Lynde, Gilbert Harding, Robert Reed, Marjorie Main, Spring Byington (she and Main were said to be lovers), Richard Deacon, Raymond Burr and Nancy Kulp.
Charles Nelson Reilly was rumored to be gay for years. He did reveal that he was toward the end of his life in his one-man show “Save It For The Stage: The Life of Reilly.”
Roddy McDowell was also rumored to be gay, but no one has been able to give evidence of it. He always showed up at different gatherings and events alone, he was never reported to be connected to anyone, and he never talked about his private life, so it’ll probably never be known what he really was.
People need to stop worrying about other people's sexuality. Whether or not someone else is gay is none of our business.
yet here you are 🤔
That part. 😅😂@@bobbysands6893
Richard Pryor wrote it in a book! That does not indicate fear in any way, shape or form.
Private life is called private life for one reason
Exactly
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Just because they are/were celebrities, they do not need to expose their personal lives to anyone. Only snoopy gossipers want to know doo-doo about people... to gossip.
Enquiring minds want to know. Actually the alphabet soup crowd likes to "out" these celebs because it gives their cause more credibility.
@@johnstudd4245Perez Hilton.
Everyone, celebrity or not, should be able to be out and not be judged.
I know. RIght?
@@johnstudd4245 what cause is that exactly? Also targeting and trying to insult a group of people cause of your own personal prejudices is something Jesus never did
9/10 comments are people saying that it's nobody's business; why did you watch then? It may not have been our business, but we still wanted to know, didn't we?
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Paul Winfield is with his partner, they have a simple headstone together.
I don’t care what anyone does it’s no one’s business.
That's nice!!!! Your point is????????????????????/
@@Ma1nguy My point is clear not sure why you need me to repeat it.
What people do is no one’s business.
And most gay couples aren’t buried together but it’s nice that Paul Winfield is with his.
I used more words, hopefully you’ll understand.
It's God's business.
@@ariel393939 Whatever ✨
@@peaceworld5393 this guy is all over the place and it’s giving homophobia.
When I was young in the sixties, there were openly flamboyant or gay performers that no one cared about their sexuality. Think of Liberace!
Liberace never claimed being gay.
@@rucianapollard7098 , My point exactly! We didn't need to know. It was about his talent, not what he did in the privacy of his "private life". Now everybody wants to know about someones sex life. It's disgusting. None of it was known back then or cared to be known.
Paul Lynde, Hollywood Squares.
@@edie4321 What about taking a walk down the block, hand in hand with your loved one? Gay or straight should be able to do that freely. Nobody's talking about knowing about the details of their sex lives.
@@kumaranvij , I'm sure he must've done plenty of that performing in Vegas, But like I said, the media and no one cared. Maybe I've just always been around people that do unto others as they'd have done. Which is, live and let live, and MYOB. It's the media that makes a deal out of things, and then people follow. As we could tell in 2020, they are easily led.
Richard Pryor was not afraid of anything and openly told everyone about his past relationship
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Go back and look at the Comedy Roast of Richard Pryor and listen to some of his comedy albums. Richard made it a clear.
Gay stuff weren't in the album's
@@rcardosanders2885 yes, it was
I never knew or picked up on this and will do so. Thanks for sharing.
That guy was sick man
He talking about it on The Tonight Show too.
Richard Pryor DID talk about his gay relationships on The Tonight Show! It certainly wasn't a secret.
Dan Hartman was white? What a beautiful soulful voice! RIP😢
No he was black but they try to play he was white because of his tone but if look at his hands they where darker.
I gather you have never heard of Bobby Hatfield (of the Righteous Brothers), Daryl Hall, Michael McDonald, or other blue-eyed soul singers. I never thought Dan Hartman was a black singer and I was on the dance floor dancing to his records back in the day.
@@FriendofDorothy of course I have! Michael McDonald is one of artists . I was just pointing it out. I know and I love them all. I grew up in the 80s . Fun times! It was more singers like them today.
Maybe he had a "tar brush" in his family.
@@Suavay5 Yeah right, and i'm Japanese but happen to have Oprah's completion.....
I don't believe what people say about a person after they've passed away .. . they're not here to defend themselves .❣️
Why did you watch the video then
defend against what?
I agree. I also don't understand how their medical information is openly talked about. Seems wrong.
@@bsquared4604 What other people claim about them that they themselves never said about themselves.
You don't see the topic of the video as a negative thing but how would you like it if a few years after you're dead a bunch of people in and around your life start spreading rumors and stories about you that you never claimed about yourself?
It's hella tacky to talk about someone once they're dead even if you think what you're saying about them is innocent and wonderful, it says you never had respect for them in the first place and only pretended to value their respect and privacy when they were alive, because the moment they died you want to dishonor them regardless of if what you say about them is true or not.
I get that, but when substantial numbers of people who have nothing to gain, confirm the "rumors" ......when there is smoke, there is fire.
whomever wrote this knew less than nothing about Dan Hartman, who shared his music gifts with James Brown, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Little Richard, David Johansson, David Lee Roth and far more prominent artists than I can even remember right now.
And Vincent Cusano played guitar in his band
Free Ride with The Edgar Winter Group was written and sang by him
wow he dreams of another man
As Billie Holiday sang: "Ain't nobody's business but my own."
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People are entitled to their privacy. People want what they want…Just wish society won’t the way it is
Largely, society doesn’t give a Fam abt who ppl sleep with. It’s just salacious gossip just like any other secret. For the most part, it’s ppl “coming out” and tell in the world their business. Most ppl don’t care and don’t wanna know.
So true.
People view someone differently after they come out. I experienced it and now keep it to myself unless it is necessary to share. That's just me.
@@FredLord-sp4ym It’s ashame that it has to be that way tho
Men should be women to create
Not really sure why it's so important to know who people are attracted to especially after death let them rest in peace!
Exactly... Whatever one does in their bedroom is their business as long as they are not hurting anyone.
Sadly, these people are not resting in peace.
Exactly.
Because we need to know that there are people that had to hide who they were. Do you think it's right that some black entertainers felt the need to "pass" as white? No, they should be able to say who they are and not hide. Same with gay people.
@@Donna-hz3vi Who isn't?
Sherman lived his life .... Purlie victorious is where I remember him making his theatre mark 🙌
Back then people were so concerning including me 😅, why he never met a woman and have kids with her like everybody else at the time?
But I still love him in the jefferson show ❤🏳️🌈❤
I could dream about you... that song was Fire... from the movie, "streets Of Fire"
As a black gay man, I can tell you that I've tried to keep my personal life private but unfortunately so many in this world, think it still matters to them. I served in the military for 26 years and I was often under suspension. I was also highly visible/successful and moved through the ranks quickly and the same in my civilian life. Almost all of my life, that was a major card (civilian and military) anyone ever had against me (privately) but wouldn't say anything publicly. Many, many tried to benefit from it but because of my faith, God always made a way for me .
Did you sleep your way up the ranks?
lolololol 😂😅😂
I'm a gay white man who served 33 years Full-Time in our army (Australia), and I was ordered to tell everyone I worked with that I'm gay.
My Warrant Officer said "They have a right to know who they're working with".
After that, no promotions, nil advancement. Kept sidelined for the next 16 years in non mainstream positions.
Felt like ending it everyday. People were allowed to treat me however they wanted.
Out of the army nowadays but a total mental mess after how I was treated.
@@fireskycam9889
Why did you stay for 33 years ??
@@mikieanthony777 I loved serving my country and doing some of the things I got to do. Yes people will say it's my fault for not leaving, but I loved serving my country.
@@fireskycam9889
What are you doing these days?
I'VE NEVER THAT ABOUT PHYLLIS HYMAN WAS GAY ON THE DOWN LOW MAY SHE REST IN PEACE 😢😢🙏🙏🙏❤️
Bi-sexual
I never heard that either& I follow her Instagram fan page.
I dont follow instagram but her ex girlfriend has provided a lot of rare photos of Phyllis on the FB page. The relationship is also well documented in the only Phyllis biography. Fantastic book I recommend to anyone who loved her music.
1 girlfriend in her entire life doesn't mean she was gay!!🤦
@@gregpresley1466 Well apparently thats up for debate because if a man who identfies as straight says he even had one encounter with a man, he would be classified as gay by a lot of ppl. I think its wrong. I think a male or a female can be intimate with the same gender once or twice. It does not make them gay.
This is actually as low as you can go. None of these people are here to defend themselves or confirm anything that was said here. It's as if once you die, it gives license to anyone to say the things you didn't while you were here. Classless. Let some of these people rest in peace.
Nobody said anything bad about them.
Um, Richard Pryor admitted to being bisexual in his autobiography..
Settle down Francis. These were open secrets in Hollyweird.
The fact you think they need to "defend" themselves is disgusting. Your attitude and people like you are the reason they were closeted. They and NO gay person should have to defend themselves. They are as God made them.
Remember when Richard Gear had that incident with the gerbil 🐹 & when Rod Stuart had to get his stomach pumped back in the 80’s? That was weird…
Definitely remember 🫢 how embarrassing those situations were!!!
They were afraid to do it and so you thought it was ok too after they died. Even if it’s an open secret. Have some respect for the dead.
How was this in any way disrespectful?
It's interesting how this video is conveniently focused mostly on *_Black_* entertainment legends
who are not around to confirm or deny these otherwise potentially damning claims. Way to go.
Yep, and they left out Marlon Brando, Cary Grant and Tallulah Bankhead too.
Much respect to anyone that keeps their private lives Private ! Sadly many today lack the class or dignity in which to do so !
I loved Paul Winfield in STNG when he played the alien in the episode "Darmok" He did such a good job, not to mention all of the other characters that he played in other series and movies.
Could’ve gone the rest of my life without knowing that about Richard Pryor 😔
I knew about RIchard Pryor but I didnt know about SHERMAN HEMSLEY!! 🤯
@@lonelyenchantress2172 That took me Totally by surprise too… could’ve gone without knowing that too🤯
I was never a Richard fan...I hated that movie Which way is up? He downed Black women..leaving his wife for a Mexican...he had affairs with Paul and Marlon
That's old news baby. He had lover's and close male friendships.
Him, and Marlon Brando use to take turns plooking each other
I say NO to Phyllis Hyman. She never said such a thing and her relationship problems were mental.
She was a well known lesbian.
@@jincks277
She was in a lesbian relationship for 7 years
I say NO AS WELL!
@@jincks277 If it was 'well known,' then name the 'partner.' How come the guy who made the video had to read about the possibility in a book after she passed?
I used to watch Nell Carter on Gimme a Break when I was younger, and I never knew this about her.
I like Phyllis Hymans music, but I couldn't listen to it alot it was too depressing and I definitely didn't know she was bisexual.
I'm surprised to hear this about Nell Carter as well. I don't know.....
Pryor admitted to having messed around with TS
Pryor was an open book that's what made him a great comedian he told his story to the world he admitted to dating trans women and also being intimate with men he just didn't say who the men were because it wasn't anyone else's business.
We are worrying about someone's sexuality and not about history being erased,the economy, racism, wars being fought that aren't ours, people really we should be ashamed of ourselves, there are many more important things to be concerned with 😮
And yet here you are..
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In today's world, they would feel great coming out 🙏🏾
I'm gay and I expect no preferential treatment. Many of my straight friends know about me. When I came out to my sister years ago she said "Oh I already knew that" I said why didn't you tell me, she said it wasn't her place to bring it up. We're closer than ever and she will never allow anyone to speak ill of her big brother. I don't go to gay clubs nothing but pickup joints. On marriage I'm old school one man and one woman. I'm not calling another man "my husband" or "boyfriend" I live alone and that's the way I like it. No one night stands either. I don't support LGBTQ either.
NEVER KNOW?!
Amen
@@Ma1nguy
You're just a box of confusion, God can help you with that, if you let Him.
No fear of God that's why.
Richard didn't care who knew it
Exactly! He joked about it.
He stayed in the closet
It was not so glorified back then
He literally talked about how he ducked sick on stage.
Sure he did
A well known actress of today said there are still plenty of gay men in the acting field who continue to live in the closet because of the fear it will affect their careers. Prejudice is still rampant in the musical and acting worlds.
those careers have a Lot of understanding people because they are in a field with a lot of LGBTQT+ people. It's the audience that would be the most prejudice.
I am quite sure that most of today's big stars slept with men to get to where they are. This seems to be how Hollywood works. Diddy, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, etc.
Not sure I agree. Today it’s applauded. There’s even a month dedicated to it
In the industry, it's probably not about prejudice, but about marketability. Actors or musicians are often marketed as sex symbols. They're in danger of losing their credibilty as a love interest of their audience once they come out. What woman would dream about a man she knows is gay? From a financial pov, the LGBT crowd is simply too small to cater to - just too little revenue! So how many films with gay topics can you name? The occasional gay character on a TV show may be included to get that audience, too, but they will certainly not drive viewer rates into the orbit.
if it is not ok to be gay while are so many gays supporting the ukraine war? is it because they are stupid or too cowardly to offend those in power?
Anthony Perkins was also closeted. It’s sad that people couldn’t just be themselves back then. 😔
by and large they also cannot be out of the wardrobe even today
If they didn't come out while they were alive, it really isn't right to do this posthumously.
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I agree
Sorry but Dan Hartman didn’t sound black. I liked his song I Can Dream About You.
I LOVE THAT HOT BANGGER I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU I DIDN'T KNEW THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY 😔😔😔 RIP DAN YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY DREAMS ❤️🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔
He really didn't but I liked his music
Dan obviously did more than just "dream."
I am not sure if he sounded black. Either ways I love that song of I Can Dream About You🎶. I think he was just a one hit wonder.
As a white person I can confirm that he sounded like a white person
Everybody knew Sherman Helmsley was gay. Nobody cared then and nobody especially cares now since he’s gone. Let him rest in peace.
I know he’s gay since 1985
I didn't know Sherman was gay.
@@casey4602I didn't know
Thank you
Its like people like people but when something comes out they feel some kind of way, your feelings should never change about that person if you were a true friend.
In a perfect world, yes. In reality, no. People view a gay person differently after they come out. I know this from personal experience and learned to share it only when in the right company. That's just me. lol
amen, which was my favourit show, but I'm saying it in agreement, lol.
If they never revealed their "same sex relationships" then there is really nothing to make a video about.
I looked it up. I don't think Dan Hartman was black, thought the person who sung the verison of "I can dream about you" in the movie Streets of Fire appears to be.
And no one is suprised by "Shaka When the Walls Fell" Paul Winfield. He's an all-star.
🤔 old saying gos like this. 'Lie about me while I'm alive,Lie on me after I pass on! RIP 🕊
So if THEY didn't want anybody in their bedroom business then why are we dishonoring their requests? Everybody who keeps their business to themselves is not doing so out of fear. Some people just like to keep their business to themselves. Celebrities do not owe ANYBODY their business. It's sick to be so interested in who another person is sleeping with.
I was fully expecting people like Anthony Perkins, Rock Hudson, Robert Reed and musicians to be in this list like Marvin Gaye, Liberace and Freddie Mercury.
I think of the late great actor Montgomery Clift
Merv always had the best wigs.
Not sure why this is relevant 🤦🏻
It’s appropriate to show the difference between then and now…you had the option to keep scrolling tho
It is not.
@@Lets_Go_Canes go find a lane and stay in it.
I didn't know this about Nell and Phyllis...🤔
ME EITHER WHAT A BIG SHOCK 😲❤️🙏🙏
I'm shock as well
HI ME EITHER ❤️
I didn't know about Phyllis but I knew about Nell Carter
@@ladiiblue2u634 I DID KNOW THAT ABOUT NELL CARTER OR PHYLLIS WE MUST TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR SELVES MAY THEY ALL RIP 🙏🙏💞
While I can agree on one hand that this is personal business and that it’s not right to out these people, this also goes to show you that being gay or bi is more the norm and is something that people shouldn’t hide and be ashamed of. It’s a great way to educate people.
TOO bad being racist is more the norm now also.Being a person of color in america has led to death on many occasions,someone being bi or gay can sit out from these troubles,but,black and brown people can not.
Popularity is also an issue to do accessibility and things done to become or remain a Hollywooder.
God gives the best education of all.
And it’s much better to take His teachings seriously here.
Before you realize you should have, when it’s too late to. :\
@@sonneversets3530 I don't accept that there are any gods. I'm way too educated to believe in childish stuff like that.
@@ryanchristiansen Well, you can know for sure by just asking Jesus to Reveal Himself to you.✝
He never refuses a _sincere,_ contrite heart.
Not believing facts, doesn’t change a thing about them.
Hope you make a wiser choice for yourself.
If not, well God allows for that too.
He rejects no one who doesn’t reject His Son, our Savior, Jesus.✝
People who decide to reject the Only Hope they have, will live an eternity w/o any hope at all.
He gives us all exactly what/who we choose for ourselves here, forever.
Choose wisely.✝
Don't forget Mr. Winfield's relationship with Cicely Tyson; from all accounts, he was enraptured with her, and she to him, but it became too intense. After the break-up, he found lasting love.
Paul Winfield has/had a beautiful voice. I love hearing his narration on City Confidential. As much as I watched it, I never that was his voice (til later).
As for Richard Pryor, I out about his sexuality awhile ago. My first word was DAAAAMMNN. As much as I listened to his records, I never would have guessed.
Merv was fabulous. I loved him from young childhood. I dont care who he slept with or what they did together. He was a beautiful star whose smile lit up the entire room.
Merv was terrific and understood what was good for his BUSINESS.
@heyokaempath5802
Merv graduated from San Mateo High in San Mateo, Ca.
When we had certain school activities, he was always supportive!
,"Oooooo"- Merv
Seemed like such a likeable and humble guy too!
Merv Griffin, Hemsley and Winfill were well known in those lifestyles but not openly discussed. Phyllis suffered w/chemical depression much like Donny Hathaway.
I don't see the point of outing people's private lives. People have a right to privacy.
Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando were not a gay couple I was expecting lol
Marlon Brandon was openly bisexual and opened about it. As for Richard Pryor he wouldn’t come out as being bisexual.
Brando had a master/slave relationship with James Dean
Given that these guys' offspring can populate a small town, I am shookt
@@LearnAboutFlow I heard this as well per his friend Stanley Haggart.
@@LearnAboutFlow☹️
People's private lives should be their OWN business (although if one becomes a celebrity, that wouldn't be very easy). But I fail to see the necessity of outing people AFTER they have passed on. It serves no purpose, but to entertain the morbidly curious. They were all gifted and talented in the feels they chose, and that should be more than enough. Only vultures pick at the departed. Leave them alone.
Sherman Hemsley played his part perfectly. I remember wishing he would just come out already. I thought Merv Griffin was cute, since I was a little kid. You didn't tell your parents about things like that back then. 🤣 LOL!
I remember Ms. Carter when she came to our church with Donna Summer. She was pretty upset and Donna, being Donna was trying to keep her upbeat and focusing on the Lord. I always wondered why Ms. Carter seemed to have such a heavy burden on her. Sad.
Sherman Hemsley spoke of being gay a few years after The Jeffersons ended.Two of his lovers passed from AIDS. I remember seeing the interview on TV.
I never heard him say or seen it on TV ,that he was gay,he would make a great husband and dad.
Mr. Hemsley was a talented actor who broke barriers. I hope that he was happy with his decision to keep his personal life separate from his professional one. Times were different.
Then in that case he wasn't completely in the closet about his sexuality. Well that doesn't take anything away all the greatness he contribute to all. I really don't understand why sexuality matters hear. Especially now that these stars have passed.
I had no idea!
I don’t believe that!
I can dream about you is one of my old time favorite songs. Thank you Dan RIP. A song I sent to my husband to be. 36 years later I will still sing out loud it and dance in the car. Soundtrack of my misspent youth
"All-time favorite," not "old time favorite" just fyi.
Looking back now, the 80's were a great decade to come of age in.
Is your husband gay as well 😂
Better they keep it private, rather than how it is now.
Merv had Totie Fields as a guest about 1966. She was telling a story about going to P-town which was pretty funny. There was some discreet nudging and winking going on. At the end of the day who cares ? people are people. If nobody is harming anyone who cares ?
Whats P-town?
Nothing negative or controversial should be spoken about people who have moved on.
Damn Garrett looking like he just left the boxing ring 😂
He is like 90 years old.
In my 36 years I still don’t understand the infatuation with other people’s sexual escapades
I think it might have something to do with them “pushing it down our throats” and [making] you notice them!
@@chillbwill4149 I do understand that thought. I just mind my business
The infatuation is by the alleged "religious" folks.
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@@chillbwill4149 Nobody pushing it down anyone's throat or forcing people to notice it.... No one says that when straight people are walking in their truth and being themselves, so why must it be seen as pushing something or forcing something just because it is different or stands out??
I'm only shocked at Sherman 😳
Their deceased and all were brilliant actors and entertainers. RIP, thank you for gracing my television screen with humor, drama, talk shows, and music.❤❤❤
Sexuality is a private personal matter and should be kept private. People who push their sexuality in your face are looking for affirmation and approval, which is ugly and sad.
I don't think any of these people were afraid to share their sexually with the public, I think they just preferred keeping their business to themselves. 😊