Liberace, Adrienne Rich, Frances Benjamin Johnston
Born: Liberace (1919), Adrienne Rich (1929)
Died: Frances Benjamin Johnston (1952)
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16MayBorn 1919107th birthday
Liberace
The glittering showman at the piano was the highest-paid entertainer in the world – and denied being gay until his death from AIDS.
16MayBorn 192997th birthdayAdrienne Rich
Her poetry and essays connected private experience with public power, making motherhood, lesbian life and the limits of freedom central subjects of her work.