World Shocked- Dunne Was Gay!

[+ Lucky]

Celebrity gossip Dominick Dunne, recently deceased, comes out of the closet in his latest novel, Too Much Money. To the surprise of no one, Dunne bases a character in the novel on himself, and that character speaks to Dunne's closeted life:

 

From the NY Post:

 

Novel bares Dunne's secret

 

 

The late Dominick Dunne "outs" himself from the grave in "Too Much Money," his autobiographical novel being published by Crown on Dec. 15.

Post book reviewer Michael McHale reports that in the novel, Dunne is Gus Bailey, who works for Park Avenue magazine (based on Vanity Fair), has a TV show ("Power, Privilege & Justice") and a son named "Grafton," instead of Dunne's real-life son, Griffin Dunne.

While Dunne, who died this year of cancer, was sued for slander by former congressman Gary Condit, Bailey is being sued by Rep. Kyle Cramden. The lawyer preparing Bailey for a deposition says, "Gus, there are gossip stories about you." Gus: "Probably true, whatever you heard."

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2009/11/12/pagesix/photos_stories/dominickdunne041755--300x300.jpg Getty Images

 

 

 

Lawyer: "Oh, you know, that you're deep in the closet." Gus: "Well, maybe I am . . . So what. What you haven't heard is that I've been celibate for almost 20 years." Lawyer: "You didn't have to tell me this."

Gus: "Yes, I did . . . I feel quite relieved . . . I'm beyond 80 . . . Mustn't have any more secrets. Can't die with a secret, you know. I'm nervous about the kids, even though they're middle-aged men now. Not that they don't already know, I just never talk about it. It's been a lifelong problem."

Lawyer: " . . . your sexuality should have nothing to do with this extortion plot."

Old friends of Dunne recall that his lover in the 1970s was Frederick Combs, who starred onstage in "The Boys in the Band" and in the movie version which Dunne produced in 1970 after leaving his wife, Lenny. "They were very much in love," said one friend. In 1979, Combs moved to Los Angeles, where he founded the LA/Actor's Lab. He died of AIDS in 1992 at 57.

In February, Dunne told the Times of London: "I call myself a closeted bisexual celibate . . . That's just the way I am. At 83, it's too late to start on a new path."

 

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/novel_bares_dunne_secret_LPARxHJe6uJYXmV79BgMRO#ixzz0WeWvzoy7

[foxy]

Another famous closeted gay man was the Bishop of St. John the Divine in NYC.

 

A new book out by his daughter, Honor Moore called "The Bishop's Daughter" is very good.

 

"Born Round" by Frank Bruni, a not closeted gay man who used to be the restaurant critic of the NY Times is very funny and also quite touching.

[+ g56whiz]

Another famous closeted gay man was the Bishop of St. John the Divine in NYC.

 

A new book out by daughter, Honor Moore called "The Bishop's Daughter" is very good.

 

Not quite Foxy. Rt. Rev. Paul Moore was the 13th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York whose headquarters is the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. He also fathered nine children. I'll give you bisexual but I expect that nine kids would disqualify anyone as exclusively gay. As for his daughter's book, it's been out since March 2008 which hardly makes it a new.

 

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

[Guest zipperzone]

I often wondered about Dunne - one of my favorite authors - and am not surprised to hear he was gay, although perhaps bi would be more accurate.

 

The really sad thing is that he did not feel he could come out of the closet during his life. I'm sure his acceptance would have been a given, especially in the circles he moved in.

[foxy]

Quite right about Bishop Moore and the book. It's all new to me.

 

Bishop Moore also had a second wife. I suppose that fully qualifies him as bisexual. To have fathered 9 kids, it wears me out just thinking about it.

[runthemhoes]

i guess men of that time (with a certain amount of wealth) don't feel the need to come out.

DVFustenburg's hubby, Geffen, etc.

[foxy]

Like, um...Malcom Forbes?

[GoodFella69]

Gaydar

 

I often wondered about Dunne - one of my favorite authors - and am not surprised to hear he was gay,

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Zipper: I concur. Not all that surprised. When watching interviews of Dunne, my "Gaydar" always went off the charts!

 

Curiously, how common it is for closeted men (famous or not) to "out" themselves post-death?