Mackie, Bob

Bob Mackie
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Name	Mackie, Bob Gender: M
Birthname	Robert Gordon Mackie
born on	24 March 1939 at 07:17 (= 07:17 AM )
Place	Monterey Park, California, 34n04, 118w07
Timezone	PST h8w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Clifford
Astrology data	03°06' 14°41 Asc. 03°15'

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Biography

American designer who made the fantastic gown that Cher wore to the Oscars in 1985. He began a line of ready-to-wear clothes in 1982 that was marked by mystique, beads, and glamour. The winner of seven Emmys, Mackie became a TV workhorse on "The Carol Burnett Show," creating some 50 costumes every week of the shows 11-year run. The boyish-looking charmer loved clothes from the time he was a kid and had the uncanny ability to suit a star according to her coloring, body type and personality. Some of his most famous clients included Carol Burnett, Cher, Raquel Welsh, Joan Collins, and Diana Ross. He is responsible for the high camp luxury design of the soap spoof "Fresno," a miniseries that came out in November 1986. He was a designer of wardrobes for both the stage and screen for 25 years.

An only child of parents who divorced when he was two, Bob was raised primarily by his paternal grandparents, who encouraged him to draw. When he discovered the movies, he was enchanted and would go home to draw what he'd seen. After high school he attended the prestigious institute, Chouinard, but dropped out at 19, already married to Marianne Wolford. They divorced in 1963.

Mackie was discovered by legendary costumer Edith Head in 1961 while working as a novice designer at Paramount Studios. He rose rapidly in the business, winning six Emmy Award plus Oscar nominations for designs seen in "Funny Girl," "Lady Sings the Blues" and "Pennies from Heaven."

He lived with business partner Raymond Aghayan and had a gay son, Robin, who lived with him in the guest house behind the main house. Robin started doing drugs at 15 and in early 1989, was diagnosed with AIDS. With helpless grief, Mackie stood by as Robin died at the age of 33, March 1993.

In early 1993 he was over a million dollars in debt, so he sold his $850 thousand Beverly Hills mansion and L.A. studio. He also allegedly owed a lot of money to the Gambino crime family, roughly a million dollars. Struggling to get his career back on track, he settled in a three-bedroom town house in Hollywood. A new book released on 23 September 1999, with 2,000 revelers at Manhattan's Fashion Institute of Technology, is a retrospective of his 30-year career.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Burnett, Carol (born 26 April 1933)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Louis, Jean (born 5 October 1907)

Events

• Relationship : Begin significant relationship 1961 (Business relationship with Edith Head)

• Relationship : Divorce dates 1963 (Divorce from Marianne)

• Work : New Job 1982 (Began marketing his ready-to-wear)

• Financial : Worst Period 1993 (Millions in debt)

• Death of Child March 1993 (Son died of AIDS)
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• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 23 September 1999 (Release of autobiography, "Unmistakably Mackie")
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• Work : Prize 2002 (Television Hall of Fame)

Source Notes

Frank C. Clifford quotes birth certificate on file (Robert Gordon Mackie).

Previously this entry had 2 March, 6:30 AM: Steinbrecher quotes him to a mutual friend

Categories

• Traits : Personality : Hard worker

• Family : Childhood : Parents divorced (When he was two)

• Family : Relationship : Cohabitation more than 3 yrs (Business partner, Raymond Aghayan)

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex (Ray Aghayan)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)

• Family : Parenting : Kids - Homosexual (Son Robin)

• Family : Parenting : Kids -Traumatic event (Robin died of AIDS)

• Lifestyle : Work : Loves job

• Lifestyle : Financial : Extreme ups and downs

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Lifestyle : Financial : Loss - Financial crisis (Extreme debt)

• Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual

• Vocation : Beauty : Designer/ Fashion (Courturier, costumes)

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer

• Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Creativity (Clothing designer)

• Notable : Awards : Emmy (Seven)

• Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Television Hall of Fame)

• Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession

• Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection