He was 76. I know him from the reruns on TV of the late 60's show, The Ghost And Mrs. Muir. I know him from the stint on Matchgame. I know him from his hilarious portrayal of Jose Chung in that X-Files episode.
I knew him as an out gay man in the late 70's. One of the few. He, along with Paul Lynne, were really only the gay men I had to exposure too. And even then, before I knew about myself, I knew about them. One thing they did teach me was, as a gay man, it's your right, nay DUTY, to have a handy quip or pithy comeback ready at all times. And I'd like to think, from them, I learned to do that myself.
The glasses, the pipe, the ascots, the "huh-huh-huh-huh" sound he made....Charles Nelson Reilly, a gay icon, gone forever. Entertaining the angels now.
POLT
The great thing about living on a flight path is sometimes luggage just falls from the sky. - Carson, Queer Eye For The Straigh Guy
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He and Paul Lynne and Rip Taylor showed the world that gay boys have an uncompromising sense of humor. No doubt they had a whole lotta ugly to laugh their way through.
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