a list in progress
frankie stewart : fiancee
cod: suicide : 1975
buried in an unmarked New Jersey grave, he committed suicide in June 1975, a month before my 18th birthday, and just shortly before his 21st.
frenchy : my first east village boyfriend
cod: unknown : date unknown
the sweetest man in the world & dresser for the New York Dolls. He ran the Three Dollar Clothing Store, had a huge heart and silly furniture.
havasha : boyfriend
cod: motorcycle accident : date unknown
H left NY to save his own life after trying to pass himself off as a Hell’s Angel. Some things you can’t outrun. He never woke up after a motorcycle accident somewhere in the mid-west.
billy the indian : live-in boyfriend
cod: exposure : date unknown
Froze to death sleeping on a bench in Tompkins Square park. The formaldehyde he drank the night before may have had something to do with it…
billy bear : fiancee and love of my life
cod: AIDS : 1991
nobody love me better. Nobody ever will.
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