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Thu Oct 17, 2019, 11:11 AM Oct 2019

Scotty Bowers, sexual procurer for Hollywood's closeted stars, dies at 96

Scotty Bowers, who claimed to have been one of Hollywood's most infamous hustlers and procurers, arranging illicit liaisons with straight and gay film stars, often taking part in the sexual high jinks himself, died Oct. 13 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96.

From the time he arrived in Hollywood in 1946, fresh out of the Marine Corps, Bowers became an active and, by his own account, eager participant in the film world's underground sex life.

"I was setting up an average of 15-20 tricks a day," Bowers noted in his book, written with Lionel Friedberg. "This was a 24/7 operation, extending over a period of, say, 30 to 40 years. As for tricks that I performed personally, I was often seeing two or three people a day."

He also arranged for female companions for male actors Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz and William Holden, among others. Arnaz's wife, Lucille Ball, once saw Bowers at a party and punched him in the face.

More at:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Scotty-Bowers-sexual-procurer-for-Hollywood-s-14538269.php

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Scotty Bowers, sexual procurer for Hollywood's closeted stars, dies at 96 (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 OP
You don't mess with Lucy! Zambero Oct 2019 #1
Lucy was a tough, Hollywood powerhouse empedocles Oct 2019 #2
Suspect some, especially on the right, want this history suppressed. empedocles Oct 2019 #3

empedocles

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3. Suspect some, especially on the right, want this history suppressed.
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 11:49 AM
Oct 2019

Opinions might range from outright denial, to rather not know, to not know, should not be spoken of.

[There were some ancient, maiden 'aunts' in our family tree, who were great Liberace fans, - of whom it was said, that they only thought
of Liberace as having clothes and accessories that they liked - no idea of 'homosexual']

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