31/10/2005Seventy years of life - and what did he have to show for it? He hadn't dared to step on a scale for years; the 270 pounds it showed then had probably increased. His movie career was long gone, his money lost by a broker who had since vanished to South America. At a stage in life when other men were enjoying their retirement, Tarawa was reduced to doing dinner shows on the space station circuit. What a disgraceful fate for a self-respecting drag queen.
~Don Sakers, "Carmen Miranda's Ghost", The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales, 1998moreQuote of the Day