Lori Shannon
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Lori Shannon was an openly gay
female impersonator who was long associated with the drag revues at the famous Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco. He also wrote an entertainment column for the Bay Area Reporter
. His stage persona was notable for his size (6'6"), raspy basso voice, and sarcastic humor.
To the general public, Shannon is best known for portraying female impersonator Beverly LaSalle in three episodes of the long-running U.S. television sitcom All in the Family
. The episodes in which he appears are "Archie the Hero" (1975), "Beverly Rides Again" (1976), and "Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part 1" (1977).
He died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on February 13, 1984.
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
female impersonator who was long associated with the drag revues at the famous Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco. He also wrote an entertainment column for the Bay Area Reporter
Bay Area Reporter
The Bay Area Reporter is a free weekly newspaper serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities in the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the oldest-continuously published, and one of the largest LGBT newspapers in the United States....
. His stage persona was notable for his size (6'6"), raspy basso voice, and sarcastic humor.
To the general public, Shannon is best known for portraying female impersonator Beverly LaSalle in three episodes of the long-running U.S. television sitcom All in the Family
All in the Family
All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...
. The episodes in which he appears are "Archie the Hero" (1975), "Beverly Rides Again" (1976), and "Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part 1" (1977).
He died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on February 13, 1984.