Curt Dawson | |
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Born |
Russell, Kansas, U.S. | December 5, 1939
Died | January 13, 1985
New York City, U.S. | (aged 43–44)
Alma mater |
Emporia State University Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Curt Dawson (December 5, 1939 – January 13, 1985) was an American stage and television actor.
Curt Dawson was born December 5, 1939, in Russell, Kansas. [1] [2] He graduated from Emporia State University in 1960, [1] and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, U.K. [2]
Dawson became a stage actor on Broadway. [2] He played in Sleuth in 1973 and Absurd Person Singular in 1975. [2] He also played in The Boys in the Band, [1] as well as in Alice in Wonderland and The Royal Family alongside Eva Le Gallienne. [2]
On television, Dawson acted in As the World Turns, Guiding Light, [3] Another World, Search for Tomorrow, and The Adams Chronicles. [2]
Dawson was gay; he had relationships with author Armistead Maupin and actor Ian McKellen. [4] He resided in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. [2]
Dawson died on January 13, 1985, at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City. [2] Even though his obituary in The New York Times said he died of "complications resulting from cancer", Maupin says in his memoir, Logical Family, that he died of AIDS. [4]
Curt died of AIDS in 1985. By then, because of AIDS, I was a fierce foe of the closet, so it bothered me when his New York Times obituary reported that he had died of complications resulting from cancer." I suspect that was done for the folks back in Kansas.
Curt Dawson | |
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Born |
Russell, Kansas, U.S. | December 5, 1939
Died | January 13, 1985
New York City, U.S. | (aged 43–44)
Alma mater |
Emporia State University Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Curt Dawson (December 5, 1939 – January 13, 1985) was an American stage and television actor.
Curt Dawson was born December 5, 1939, in Russell, Kansas. [1] [2] He graduated from Emporia State University in 1960, [1] and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, U.K. [2]
Dawson became a stage actor on Broadway. [2] He played in Sleuth in 1973 and Absurd Person Singular in 1975. [2] He also played in The Boys in the Band, [1] as well as in Alice in Wonderland and The Royal Family alongside Eva Le Gallienne. [2]
On television, Dawson acted in As the World Turns, Guiding Light, [3] Another World, Search for Tomorrow, and The Adams Chronicles. [2]
Dawson was gay; he had relationships with author Armistead Maupin and actor Ian McKellen. [4] He resided in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. [2]
Dawson died on January 13, 1985, at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City. [2] Even though his obituary in The New York Times said he died of "complications resulting from cancer", Maupin says in his memoir, Logical Family, that he died of AIDS. [4]
Curt died of AIDS in 1985. By then, because of AIDS, I was a fierce foe of the closet, so it bothered me when his New York Times obituary reported that he had died of complications resulting from cancer." I suspect that was done for the folks back in Kansas.