ABOVE: Designs on him.

BELOW: Boy Troye, fake gay allies exposed, Menendez crumbling and more ...

ABOVE: Do the Carlton!

BELOW: Keep reading for prime ass, outrageous firings, a gay cartoon character and more ...

ABOVE: Hirsute, hirsute his, three's company, too!

BELOW: Keep reading for soap star succumbs to depression, Mayor Pete pushes through, Dicks delay and more ...

Broadway baby (Image via NBC)

Nell Carter was so lovable and indelible, it's still shocking to me she died over 20 years ago at just 54.

Today, she'd be 75, and there's no telling what she may have accomplished.

I see her as a latter-day Judy Garland — horrible childhood, gave birth after rape, poverty, some good show-biz successes, but a continuing avalanche of personal heartache.

Though married twice to men, when she died, she had been with a woman for over 15 years. (Remember Gimme a Break!'s gay episode?)

Here, a happier memory of one tough lady:

ABOVE: I'm loyal to Colin Firth for Apartment Zero and A Single Man.

BELOW: Keep reading for Omar Ayuso's butt, Florida's anti-gay past (and present) and more  ...

ABOVE: Remembering Claudio Bravo.

BELOW: Keep reading for butt work, gay dads, a gay daddy and proper tube wear ...

Jimmy Buffett was one of those entertainers just about everyone seemed to like, and yet he ran a billion-dollar empire and was quite outspoken — he was loudly pro-pot long before it was in fashion and was a major Democratic fundraiser.

Buffett had been ailing since canceling concerts in the spring, and had been in a hospital, but he never talked about what his health issues were.

Buffett's Big 8,  tunes fans expected to hear at just about every live show. They were: “Margaritaville” (1977), “Come Monday” (1974), “Fins” (1979), “Volcano” (1979), “A Pirate Looks at Forty” (1974), “Cheeseburger in Paradise” (1978), “Why Don't We Get Drunk” (1973), and “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” (1977).

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Eat your heart out, Mariah Carey! (Image via ABC Records)

ABOVE: It's Male Model Monday.

Vintage image from Peter Miller of New York — hostility and something else between WWI soldiers (Image via Peter Miller/New York)

BELOW: Keep reading for a bubble, trouble over the word GAY, a Gay Games anniversary and more ...