My Grandpa Dave told me he was sure he was gay...

June 8, 2022 3:17 PM

"My Grandpa Dave told me he was sure he was gay when he was moving into his dorm room freshman year of college and there was a boy “with the prettiest eyes;” after Grandpa passed, I learned from my mother who that boy was." Thus begins a truly wonderful twitter thread from Sama’an Ashrawi. Threadreader version.

"His name was John Kander. After college, John, along with his partner Fred Ebb, would go on to compose two of the greatest Broadway musicals of all-time."

The story continues from there.

posted by hippybear (8 comments total)

Happy (and heart-aching) tears.
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 3:26 PM on June 8, 2022

Oh what a lovely story! Kander and Ebb are a favorite of mine.
posted by Czjewel at 4:21 PM on June 8, 2022

Very nice.
posted by hoodrich at 4:59 PM on June 8, 2022

“ so I got in touch with a relative of his”

That was most likely Jason Kander, John’s great-nephew.
posted by Etrigan at 5:05 PM on June 8, 2022

Likely so.
posted by Songdog at 5:08 PM on June 8, 2022

Wow, he's 95 in that last picture?
posted by Harald74 at 1:06 AM on June 9, 2022

Such a lovely story!
posted by ellieBOA at 1:43 AM on June 9, 2022

Thanks for the post, OP. Truly wonderful!
posted by Bella Donna at 3:50 AM on June 9, 2022