LA RUE STROKIN' OFF!
No, not RUE PAUL! Dame Danny La Rue! The groundbreaking UK drag legend has suffered a stroke and will retire, The Pink Paper reports.
PINKNEWS
Larue had one of the most spectacular wardrobes in drag history, especially since his era of greatest popularity was the 1960's, so the wigs were high and the lashes long. I got to see him in the early '90's with another UK drag legend Leigh Bowery, who took me to see his insane music hall style revue over spotted dick (the dessert) in East London. His blue-haired fans and I loved it when he told that ancient joke about, oh here goes my ripping off her off disguised as a tribute...
Two guys are on the beach and one asks the other how to attract more girls.
His friend says put a few potatoes in your speedos and the girls will come running.
He puts in the taters but it has the opposite effect and girls run screaming and holding their noses, so he goes back to his friend and asks what he did wrong.
His friend says "Next time, put the potatoes in the front of your swimsuit." Wah wah! Here's to you, Lady La Rue!
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, March 29, 2006
6 Comments:
Very lovely and dignified.
Best wishes for recovery. A stroke can make life very challenging. My father had one in June of 2004. He's worked very hard at therapy but is still impaired as to the right side of his body. It depends on what side of the brain is hit as to what functions are impaired. Positive thoughts are with La Rue.
Oh poor old Danny. I saw him recently on TV and he looked so old. I saw him live when I was a child, in Blackpool and he was a regular on TV here in the UK and good friends with Princess Margaret.
His lines of 'watchit mate' and '40 years in the business and still the same old bra!' will live on in our over coffee conversations.
I must send him a card.
if you truly know him he is a bitter twisted old tart! Falls out with everyone he comes into contact with in turn! Has lead a very lavish lifestyle, squandered money with his extravegance, and now expects everyone to give him handouts!
yes i do truly know Dan and he is far from how you talk of him he is not an old twisted tart he is a very nice kind warm person god yes ive had my rows with him over the many years we have known each other but we always make it up im still very much on speaking terms with him and also in answer to kilo hotel yes danny may of looked old he is now 79 and he is well on the mend from the stroke he has been out and about it has not had any affect on him so he has been very much one of the lucky one's and im not sure where you think dan is aksing for any kind of handouts he has made and lost alot of money he has always said he does not want to be the richest man in the graveyard he has spent his money on what he wants after all he has worked all his life for it and this does come from someone who is very proud to call him a friend
la rue is self important always demanding to be treated as a STAR even thogh he is now an old has been.should have retired years ago and learnt to behave in a more humble manner
la rue is self important always demanding to be treated as a STAR even thogh he is now an old has been.should have retired years ago and learnt to behave in a more humble manner
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