RIP, VIP - Chapter 4 (2/26/09++)

Fred's memorial service on Sunday, if any of his friends are reading here..

Sunday 3/1 12:30 PM
Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel
353 2nd Avenue
(between 20th & 21st)
West side of block
(212) 477-6334

Just heard this news today, very sad..

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The recent passing of downtown designer and icon Abbijane also came suddenly; she suffered a massive brain hemorrhage last Thursday and had surgery but died the next day surrounded by family and friends.

http://www.blackbookmag.com/ar...-keil-pass-away/6779

Oh sweet Abbi. A true original and a lovely and kind person. RIP legend.

And for all you Golden Girls Fans, Bea Authur has left the building and will be missed.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/stor...bea-arthur-obit.html

RIP, VIBea...
say "hi!" to ma!!

The Legendary Legend and Paris is Burning star Octavia St. Laurent died yesterday, joining so many ballhouse greats on that runway in the sky. Loved her - a vision in white satin - and the little-known fact that she was a great great-niece of Louis Armstrong..

RIP

http://brooklynboyblues.blogsp...laurent-mizrahi.html

Long Live Octavia.

A true beauty and a true legend.

A sad note from England. The great Danny La Rue has gone to the drag show in the sky. More here:

http://www.dannylarue.com/

Thanks for posting, Bobby - I hadnt heard...

Danny was a pioneer.
The NYtimes had is obit in the front section.

Danny

RIP David Carradine/star of Kill Bill and Kung Foo of suicide in Bangkok

They usually die in three's. Here is the second this week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...GA2009060402506.html

Carradine was kind of the Steve McQueen of the hippies in the 60's and 70's. The Kung Foo teevee show made martial arts mainstream.

And now it seems that he either killed himself by hanging or was into auto asphyxiation as he was found nude hanging in a closet.

I IMMEDIATELY thought of that when I heard the circumstances, and the strange manner reminded me of Michael Hutchence, who died in a very similar way.

Rope around the neck and shoestring around the genitalia.Hmmmm sounds familiar.

Just make somebody else is there with you, hons.

(Live and not just watching on cam ;-)

Rest in Peace lovely Farrah Fawcett. We loved you xoxo

Merce Cunningham. Chelsea's own ultra radical dancer/choreographer, the second half of the John Cage/Merce Cunningham performnance magic act that whacked the art world from the early Judson Church to becoming a world wide franchise. Some of his work will become classic American modern dance.

Merce

Mary Travers of Peter, Paull and Mary died yesterday. She was 72 years young. RIP VIP...

Henry Gibson of Laugh In fame and Nashville. RIP oh great poet.

Mary Travers died?

So sad. She died at Danbury Hospital (she lived in Redding, near there, in a beautiful 18th-c. farmhouse).

One of my guilty pleasures was to TIVO the PBS fund raisers just to watch her.
She was always so riveting to watch.
As she got older she just got better and better.

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One of my guilty pleasures was to TIVO the PBS fund raisers just to watch her.

That's excellent!

RIP Boybar-era Drag Personage BABE DUKE, who died yesterday, and condolences to her extended nightworld family. A wonderful spirit and wit, she will be missed..

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RIP Beautiful Babe. You will be missed.

Jean-Claude.
With Christo she did the 'Gates' environmental sculpture in Central Park. And had a long life creating other projects with Christo.
A revolutionary wildheart who thought on a scale no one else, cept Christo, ever did.

Very sad to report that Jackie 60 and Verbal Abuse legend David Aaron Clark, the noted BDSM writer and porn director died suddenly earlier today in Los Angeles.

A brilliant man and great participant in so many scenes.. a great loss..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Aaron_Clark

And, from VERBAL ABUSE 1...

http://www.mothernyc.com/verbal/piss.html

So sorry to hear this sad news. David was a rare and gifted man. RIP legend.

A great talent, and rare for having his heart in it.

And a heart of gold.

Trans Goddess Nora Molina, of Mudd Club, Belle de Jour, and for many years the Gender Identity project at The Center. Beloved by every dog in the East Village (and so many of their owners too).

RIP, Legend.

We are searching for family members or anyone who could assist with getting her body released for burial. Please email or PM me here if you have any information.

Daddy just sent me an e-mail directing me here. I haven't seen Nora in weeks. Will e-mail the two of you tonight.

Just a short update for those stopping by here for news of Nora - though no family members have been located, I am happy to report that Nora's beloved dog Ula was adopted by a close neighborhood friend who had already cared for Ula in the past. So at least that part of the story had a very happy ending, Ula is well..

As far as Nora, she certainly had many friends and well-wishers in the neighborhood. It may be a long time before her body leaves the morgue, but her spirit is certainly being remembered lovingly in many quarters.

Deep thanks to Pops, Lex and Doug and all the others who have participated in this sad, strange but quintessentially NY saga. As I talk to people I realize how often this actually occurs, that someone dies with no immediate family or designated executor to make those last decisions and final plans.

But from the dog runs to the streets to my message box, the outpouring of concern reminds me once again what a big-hearted city we live in.

Earlier today, all posts about the death of Gilbert Stafford have been moved to their own topic.

Any updates on Nora Molina? loved her