Stanley Baxter 94, Comedy Scott is Gay
 

Times Radio DAB
just annouced it.


[The hidden truth I'm ready to face at last... I'm gay: Stanley Baxter, 94,
braveley tells all about the sexuality he still wrestles with
and the guilt he feels about wife who took her life]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-wrestles.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Baxter


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/10...4159368722.jpg
[Stanley and Moira (left and right) on their honeymoon
in London in 1952. They were married for 46 years]


His Loyal Wife
knew he was Gay

Can't help feeling that thread title is somewhat at odds with that paragraph about his wife's suicide.

[He saw Moira frequently, but the fractured marriage was always difficult.
In 1997, he decided to spend a month
at the villa they owned in Cyprus.
She wanted to come, too.
Feeling she was too ill to travel, Baxter told her she
must stay in London.
He took her passport, to prevent her from trying to follow him.
'It was then she physically attacked me. She punched me
and my glasses flew off. It was the one and only time she had
ever reacted in this way. But immediately afterwards she was so sorry.']

Sure Tragic.


[Moira accepted that he was gay, allowed him to bring men home for sex,
despite homosexuality being illegal in England and Wales]

[Baxter had been arrested for cottaging and contemplated suicide
for fear of scandal causing an end to his career,
however the soliciting charges were subsequently dropped]


From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Baxter

controlling bastard

who is he anyway I literally never heard of him

[Baxter was known for his impressions of
famous people, particularly The Queen
(referred to in the context of the shows as 'the Duchess of Brendagh').
The Stanley Baxter Show ran between 1963 and 1971
on BBC One, and the Stanley Baxter Picture Show
from 1972 to 1975 on ITV;
the six-part Stanley Baxter Series was made by LWT in 1981.
Eight one-hour TV specials were
made by LWT and the BBC between 1973 and 1986.]

oh okay he hasn't been on TV since the 80s which would explain it!

Yes they do not like Older Comedians

He was in Cyprus with His Lover
a Wife arriving, would destroy that.


She had the Big House in Hampstead

she let him bring lovers to the house in Hampstead so why couldn't she go to Cyprus, withholding her passport was abusive in the extreme

Absolutely

Yes by then he was
getting on her nerves.


He did not Beat her up
She beat him Up.

A gay man with a wife is tricky.

So many entertainers have been found to be thoroughly unpleasant people out of the limelight

The only surprise here is that he is alive.
Thought he died years ago.

she reacted to his abusive behaviour, okay she shouldn't have got physical but it appears she put up with quite a lot over the years and snapped?

:laugh:

Yes Tragic
she took her own life

While he was bonking away in Cyprus with his Lovers

was that when she took her life, after he withheld her passport?

Yes 1997

[He was married for 46 years until his wife's death in 1997 of an overdose while he was overseas.]

btw Arista, in the title, it's scot, not scott

You are Wrong

[What is the meaning of Scott?
Person From Scotland
Meaning: Person From Scotland. #Surname. The name Scott means Person From Scotland and is of English origin. Scott is a name that's been used primarily by parents who are considering baby names for boys.]

listen mate, i am scottish, and i am a scot ..... you are wrong