- Lori Shannon
Lori Shannon (b. Don Seymour McLean,
May 18 ,1938 – d.February 11 ,1984 ) was an openlygay cite web |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2005_Sept_13/ai_n15655290 |title=Openly gay TV actors |work=The Advocate |date=2005-09-13 |first=Don |last=Romesburg |accessdate=2007-07-03]female impersonator who was long associated with the drag revues at the famous Finocchio's nightclub inSan Francisco .cite web |title=What a Drag: Finocchio's to Close: Cross-dressers have entertained at club for 63 years |first=Jesse |last=Hamlin |date=1999-11-04 |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/1999/11/04/MN8972.DTL&type=performance |accessdate=2007-07-03 |work=San Francisco Chronicle ] He also wrote an entertainment column for theBay Area Reporter . [cite web| title = Interview with David De Alba| url=http://phantomdragon.com/THELEGEND/Lee-Da.htm| accessdate = 2007-07-03] His stage persona was notable for his size (6'6"), raspy basso voice, and sarcastic humor.To the general public, Shannon is best known for portraying female impersonator Beverly LaSalle in 3 episodes of the long-running U.S. television
sitcom "All in the Family ". The episodes in which he appears are "Archie the Hero" (1975), "Beverly Rides Again" (1976), and "Edith's Crisis of Faith" (1977).He died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on
February 11 ,1984 .References
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