Hunter, Tab
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Birthname | Arthur Andrew Kelm | ||||
born on | 11 July 1931 at 03:00 (= 03:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | New York, New York, 40n43, 74w0 | ||||
Timezone | EDT h4w (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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Biography
American actor, television host, pop singer, film producer, and author, who came out publicly as gay at age 74 via an autobiography. He starred in more than 40 films and was a well-known Hollywood star and heart throb of the 1950s and 1960s, known for his Golden Blond Californian surfer-boy looks. At his height he had his own televsion show The Tab Hunter Show (1960-1961) and a 1957 hit single, "Young Love."
Hunter's autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star (2005), co-written with Eddie Muller, became a New York Times best-seller as did the paperback edition in 2007. In the book, he acknowledged that he was gay, confirming rumours that had circulated since the height of his fame. Hunter's alleged romances with close friends Debbie Reynolds and Natalie Wood were strictly the fodder of studio publicity departments. Hunter became close enough with Etchika Choureau, his co-star in Lafayette Escadrille, and Joan Perry, widow of Harry Cohn, to contemplate marriage, but he thought he never could maintain a marriage, and remained merely a platonic friend of both women.
Hunter had long-term relationships with actor Anthony Perkins and champion figure skater Ronnie Robertson, before settling down with his partner of over 35 years, film producer Allan Glaser.
Hunter has a star for his contributions to the music industry on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6320 Hollywood Blvd. He died in Santa Barbara, California from complications of deep vein thrombosis that caused cardiac arrest on the night of 8 July 2018, three days before his 87th birthday.
Relationships
- friend relationship with Reynolds, Debbie (born 1 April 1932)
- friend relationship with Stevenson, Venetia (born 10 March 1938)
- friend relationship with Wood, Natalie (born 20 July 1938)
- lover relationship with Perkins, Anthony (born 4 April 1932)
Events
- Relationship : Begin significant relationship 1983 (Allan Glaser)
Source Notes
Viktor E. quotes Hunter's biography at IMDb: "Born at 3:00am EDT." [1] Other sites have the time 7pm. No sources given.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Hair (Dark blond)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Other Major diseases (Deep vein thrombosis)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Allan Glaser, life partner, 1983-2018)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex (Allan Glaser)
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 86)
- Vocation : Beauty : Sex-symbol (Heart throb)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Film and TV)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality ("The Tab Hunter Show, 1960-1961)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. (Pop)
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (Film)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer ("Tab Hunter Confidential," 2005)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (Hollywood star)
- 1931 births
- Birthday 11 July
- Birthplace New York, NY (US)
- Sun 18 Cancer
- Moon 25 Taurus
- Asc 11 Gemini
- 2018 deaths
- Traits : Body : Hair
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Other Major diseases
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Beauty : Sex-symbol
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession