Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!

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I Think That Is Real Sad They Way He Died And Lived.

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Get your facts straight and the things you posted is not accurate I am his his niece and you will be hearing from my lawyer

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This guy's could have been a great person in life, who knows.....Although he is such a horrible actor in this southern shot show, I came on line thinking I would have found stories of him and bubba doing each other on set....it all makes sense now

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This guy's could have been a great person in life, who knows.....Although he is such a horrible actor in this southern shot show, I came on line thinking I would have found stories of him and bubba doing each other on set....it all makes sense now

You are an ass gnat and have no reason to speak on any subject today or any day.

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He who is without sin cast the first stone

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I said that earlier.

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Right

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Ignorance truly has no color bounds twat.

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What the fuck?

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He was a great and highly-talented actor; but you - who are nothing, would not be expected to know anything about that.

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U a dickhead

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I was so sorry to hear of Howard's death and offer my condolences to all his family members.
I enjoyed his acting very much. I watch Heat of Night everyday and would never have guessed he was gay. I don't care if he was just think he was so convincing as a straight family man.
I he have a wandering eye? It appeared so on Heat of Night? I am so interested in his life if you would be willing to share anything. Thank you and I hope Howard is at rest. Kyle

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I lived in Rockdale County Ga. at the same time they filmed In the heat of the night. I went to DUI school with Howard Rollins and was paired up with him in class. We got to know each other pretty well. He was a really awesome guy and he opened up to me and told me things that I'm sure he never told anyone else. We were both admitted alcoholics. One thing he told me that really stood out that I can relate to. The burn when you take that first shot.... That's alcoholism. He also gave me a laser pointer. Only big money people had laser pointers back then. I was fucking thrilled. Dude was cool in my book

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"the things you posted is not accurate I am his his niece"

If you are indeed Howard's niece, it wouldn't hurt to correct inaccuracies.

I always liked Howard's character on Heat of Night (is on TV now) and that's how I'll remember him. I know I saw him in something else years ago but can't recall what it was - that was when I looked him up the first time and saw there were some things in his life (mostly I thought about the drinking as I was hooked up til 7 years ago). Anyway he was a good guy and I hope he's resting in peace.

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I don't care what he died of
He was a great actor
On in the heat of the night

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I agree. Howard was a great actor and I enjoyed watching him. His personal life was just that (his).

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Does he have any offspring?

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What's the true story niece

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

Whether this is true or not...We have always had respect and love for Howard Rollins, Jr. You people need to concentrate on your own issues and let the dead rest in peace. Howard Rollins, Jr. was a brilliant actor who will always be remembered by millions through film and tv...can you say the same.

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I have and I still am watching in the Heat of the Night and what does it matter what he died from he was a great actor and I will always remember him as Virgil Tibbs. And that is all that should matter people are still uneducated about Hiv and AIDS.

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Very Well Said...Thank You.
A Howard Rollins Fan Forever

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Such sad story..always wondered what happened to him

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This is all such lies, to dishonor this great actor in this way. Even Gays are allowed to die in and with dignity, and since this author presents no proof of his acquisitions in my opinion he is simply a liar. Believe what you like, but this carp is a absolute lie.

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As a child Howard Rollins was my favorite in the heat of the night.and for whatever reason he died doesn't give anyone the right to judge him.we all are God's children. God seen his child getting weak so he called him home.r.i.p. Howard we love and will miss u very much.to the Rollins family u have my deepest sympathy. And I will b praying for the lost souls that just destroyed this man's name. Remember only God can judge.

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People need to mind there own business and leave the judging to God.who's to say that any of the derogatory things that have been said about this man character is true.

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People need to mind there own business and leave the judging to God.who's to say that any of the derogatory things that have been said about this man character is true.

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People need to mind there own business and leave the judging to God.who's to say that any of the derogatory things that have been said about this man character is true.

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People need to mind there own business and leave the judging to God.who's to say that any of the derogatory things that have been said about this man character is true.

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People need to mind there own business and leave the judging to God.who's to say that any of the derogatory things that have been said about this man character is true.

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One of the most brilliant African-American male actors that I have ever seen in my life. I was greatly saddened by his death. I truly loved him as the wonderfully talented person that he was, and I will never forget him.

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Why would anyone disrespect such a great actor
No matter what he did in his personal life he was The Black actor that changed the game on tv
My prayers to his family and GOD has his son with him now

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Unfortunately not a lie. I've read this over and over. Carroll o'Connor did his best to help him..

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It does not matter how Howard Rollins lived his life. Except sadly he went before his time. I still watch In The Heat Of The Night, and still love Virgil n Althea Tibbs. Did hate that at the end they had them separate. Anyway, I love this actor and thought he was marvelous. No matter what, I hope he is resting in peace.

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It does not matter how Howard Rollins lived his life. Except sadly he went before his time. I still watch In The Heat Of The Night, and still love Virgil n Althea Tibbs. Did hate that at the end they had them separate. Anyway, I love this actor and thought he was marvelous. No matter what, I hope he is resting in peace.

if mother nature had intended for man to breed man ( because that's what sex is for, you can use it and adapt to whatever you want but the purpose is to procreate ) it would have made it possible to procreate with the same sex. ( now I'm all for getting rid of women, don't get me wrong on that ) until science can get rid of the need for opposite sex, we're stuck with a harsh reality.

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It does not matter how Howard Rollins lived his life. Except sadly he
went before his time. I still watch In The Heat Of The Night, and still
love Virgil n Althea Tibbs. Did hate that at the end they had them
separate. Anyway, I love this actor and thought he was marvelous. No
matter what, I hope he is resting in peace.

if mother nature had intended for man to breed man ( because that's
what sex is for, you can use it and adapt to whatever you want but the
purpose is to procreate )

Whose purpose?

Post by k***@gmail.com
it would have made it possible to procreate with the same sex.

Similarly, God did not intend vegetarianism: If god didn't intend for
animals to be eaten, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.

Post by k***@gmail.com
( now I'm all for getting rid of women, don't get me wrong on that )
until science can get rid of the need for opposite sex, we're stuck
with a harsh reality.

We're already disregarding "mother nature" by having sex, the sweeping
majority of the time, for pleasure, not for intentionally making
offspring. Since "mother nature" clearly intended us to have lots of
sex for pleasure he intended us to have sex with anyone and anything
else into which our genitals could be put to use.

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Wow a shocking story. I watch Heat every day and loved Howard on it. I would never have guessed he was gay and a crisscrossed. I guess that shows he was a pretty good actor. He is totally believable. I retired after 30 years in law enforcement so I know about police. Does anyone know did he have a wandering eye or other eye issue? It appeared his eyes did not track together. Not judging just curious.
I have never been a fan of gay people, but I do enjoy watching Howard every day. His tv wife in Heat I wondered if she did not come back when Howard did as a lawyer if she had a problem co-starting with Howard because of his problems or why she did not return to the show???

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I loved Howard Rollins Jr. He was a wonderful actor. I hope he is resting in peace.

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It does not matter how Howard Rollins lived his life. Except sadly he
went before his time. I still watch In The Heat Of The Night, and still
love Virgil n Althea Tibbs. Did hate that at the end they had them
separate. Anyway, I love this actor and thought he was marvelous. No
matter what, I hope he is resting in peace.

if mother nature had intended for man to breed man ( because that's
what sex is for, you can use it and adapt to whatever you want but the
purpose is to procreate )

Whose purpose?

Post by k***@gmail.com
it would have made it possible to procreate with the same sex.

Similarly, God did not intend vegetarianism: If god didn't intend for
animals to be eaten, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.

You got it all twisted about the aforementioned statement, because you are twisted, First of all God did intend Vegetarianism because in the beginning Adam was not killing anything that God had created to Eat and survive, In the beginning God did not create anything to die, God did not create anything for man to have to kill, In the beginning God created flesh which is meat for eternity If you read Biblical History it was forbidden for God's people to eat flesh it was a Pagan, heathen and barbaric practice to eat flesh (meat) but due to the advent of sin Death and Flesh (Meat) eating came to be practiced and at first God Forbidden man to eat flesh but as time when on God lifted that statue

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( now I'm all for getting rid of women, don't get me wrong on that )
until science can get rid of the need for opposite sex, we're stuck
with a harsh reality.

We're already disregarding "mother nature" by having sex, the sweeping
majority of the time, for pleasure, not for intentionally making
offspring. Since "mother nature" clearly intended us to have lots of
sex for pleasure he intended us to have sex with anyone and anything
else into which our genitals could be put to use.
--
I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
-- Galileo

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Similarly, God did not intend vegetarianism: If god didn't intend for>
animals to be eaten, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.

You got it all twisted about the aforementioned statement, because you
are twisted,

I disagree, therefore I am broken. You disagree therefore you are
unbroken. Cool logic.

Post by s***@aol.com
First of all God did intend Vegetarianism because in the beginning Adam
was not killing anything that God had created to Eat and survive...

In the beginning "Adam" wasn't doing his taxes or riding a bus.
Therefore God did not intend us to do taxes or ride buses. Your logic
is wiggly.

Post by s***@aol.com
In the beginning God did not create anything to die, God did not create
anything for man to have to kill, In the beginning God created flesh
which is meat for eternity If you read Biblical History...

You've got a problem separating history and the bible, as well as God
and a book written by many people over many centuries and these
centuries were thousands of years after the evolution of mankind.

I have a book two, so I suppose I could make sweeping statements about
what God intends or doesn't intend. But I'm not an idiot, so I'll pass
on that.

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I still love Howard Rollins and watch in the heat of the night almost every day. He still look so very handsome It makes me feel sad that he left so soon but GOD is a forgiving GOD and I pray that he is resting in peace. RIP Detective TIBBS . You are still touching lives.

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I agree. I watch it every day. I'm watching it now. He was a very good actor.

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I love In the Hear of the Night, but mostly because of Caroll O'Connor And Alan Autrey. I watch the reruns everybody Chance I get. But I could do with out knowingly All this about Howard Rollins. He was good as Virgil Tibbs. May God have mercy on his soul.

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Jesus, you sound like a lonely moron.

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May he rest in peace. His story helps us who are afraid of what the aids disease has done

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Truth shall set you free. In my mind, truth is always best, even when it's not pretty or hard to take. May he rest in peace and be well remembered.

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before there was Denzel Washington there was Howard E Rollins. Ragtime A Soldier's Story two of the greatest movies ever made. Thank you Howard for your greatness you will live forever rest in peace my love

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I appreciate your story. I would never have guessed he was that way. I was a sex crimes investigator and people who act in that manor usually had been sexually or physically abused as a child. Are you aware of anything about that?
I also have a question, did Howard have a wandering eye? It appeared so on Heat of Night.
I very much enjoyed his roll in Heat. I was so sad to hear of his death.
I am curious as to his feelings towards police after playing one and how he felt about white people.
Any personal information would be appreciated. Thank you very much. Kyle

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Don't believe it

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I watch reruns of In The Heat of The Night and love the show.
Harold Rollins just added so much to the episodes and was a great actor.
I hate he struggled so much but I am glad he does not suffer any longer.
He is really missed though by many, many people who loved his work.

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I don't think that being homosexual, cross dressing or anything else listed in this piece is derogatory or defamatory. If it is true it is his story. I love Virgil Tibbs, just finished watching an In The Heat Of The Night marathon.

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I don't think that being homosexual, cross dressing or anything else listed in this piece is derogatory or defamatory. If it is true it is his story. I love Virgil Tibbs, just finished watching an In The Heat Of The Night marathon.

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I don't think that being homosexual, cross dressing or anything else listed in this piece is derogatory or defamatory. If it is true it is his story. I love Virgil Tibbs, just finished watching an In The Heat Of The Night marathon.

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Holland Howard Rollins was a great actor I loved watching him on TV I still watch him everyday I watch the reruns of him over and over the life he led that with his life but he was a great actor his family should be very proud of him

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there was no need to print all these ghastly details. What are you trying to do here? take away a man's dignity when he's gone and can't defend himself? The public doesn't need to read about his gurgling or gushing blood. If this story is true, then yes it is sad, but this was his private business. I wish I hadn't come over here and read this.

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He was a terrific actor!!!!

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

i got to meet Mr Rollins in 1984, i was a bellmen in Nasville TN., i checked him into his hotel room, him and his road manager, he was really a nice guy, even spent time to talk to me and ask me about the city, and evited me to have a drink, but i didnt because i was working at that time, as far as this story , i think you have to look at the suorse , i mean the "GLOB" is not the MOST reliable paper out there, and this is about MR Rollins, not about GOD or being a crossdresser, why evey time on things like this some one always bring up somthing to start a disagrement about somthing that has not really anything to do with the preson or the story, i guess we all like confrentation,to me he was just a good guy and a great actor, R.I.P. Howard Rollins JR.

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

i got to meet Mr Rollins in 1984, i was a bellmen in Nasville TN., i checked him into his hotel room, him and his road manager, he was really a nice guy, even spent time to talk to me and ask me about the city, and evited me to have a drink, but i didnt because i was working at that time, as far as this story , i think you have to look at the suorse , i mean the "GLOB" is not the MOST reliable paper out there, and this is about MR Rollins, not about GOD or being a crossdresser, why evey time on things like this some one always bring up somthing to start a disagrement about somthing that has not really anything to do with the preson or the story, i guess we all like confrentation,to me he was just a good guy and a great actor, R.I.P. Howard Rollins JR.

you're lucky you didn't accept the offer to have a drink. that's usually how it starts. then you wake up and your asshole is raw and sore.

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Are you speaking from experience?

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Just because you loved his work don't mean he didn't wear dresses and loved men don't mean he didn't you can be ever so nice and be the devil at home take it for what it is stars are very nice to fans and public but a piece of shit at home all im saying is just cause you love the star don't mean what's being said it not true that probably the nicest things they could say about him.

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Regardless of how he lived -- or died -- Rollins and Adolph Caesar were perfect in "A Soldier's Story." Two great talents gone too soon. R.I.P. -- both of them.

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Ever since I came to the USA NEARLY 15 years ago from Africa,In the heat of the night has Ben my favourite TV show.and as a former journalist Vigil has always been a great inspiration to me.I had always wondered why I could not find him in today's acting circles u til I read this tonlght.I si ply cannot stop crying and ask myself why Vigil.why.as far as I am concerned he will forever be one of the greatest actors who ever lived.May his soul rest in perfect peace.

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I love the television show "In The Heat of The Night" and I still look at the reruns. I love Howard Rollins as Vigil Tibbs. So sad as to how he died and may he soul rest in peace and in God's Arms.

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I agree

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Jealousy, envy he whooped y'all Ass so bad 20 years later you still can't see. Britain. And Asia. Spend all their lives hiding and defeating Africans, your reign of terror is over! Howard was the greatest of his time. He stood for Justice that's what history left. He fought for justice for family. In ragtime. Its not safe for Gods gifted, anointed and chosen children. We don't belong here. God put each race in their nations so they can be special. Not in this athiest , devil whorshippers, harry potter, ancient Asia witch craft criching tiger hidden dragon murderers the whole world except for our race. The doors of heaven in shut to the ungodly. Food only goes to the righteous, holy, boldly that's why we were bought to this ungodly country America. Howard is too good for america. The dress only speaks of this country sickness. We don't belong here. We belong in the Holland. Far away from witch culture. You steal kill and destroy you have monkeys to the kingdom of God. Thatsvwhy you fill your prisons with jealousy and envy. Take us back home not put in prisons. Take Africans to Africa. Not sell your drugs on the street cause Asia running police systems. The same system that had terrorize the world "Rome" continue today with help and envy of Asia who continues to chase and rob the holy people. Kings you don't desire Christ children. We are not fighters we the meek shall inherit the earth. The corrupt shall be taken away.

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Damn. Could you repeat that?

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All the people in denial need to accept it. He was a sick bastard leading a double life. And he paid with his life.

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People sure have some sick fantasies about Howard and God. I say leave them both alone, Gods got enough to keep busy and Howards done eough.

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He was one of the most enjoyable actors, I stopped watching in the heat of the night when he left.Rest in Peace Mr. Rollins.

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Howard Rollins...love ya REGARDLESS...MY FAVORITE LINE FROM A SOLDIERS STORY....I KNOW WHERE I AM....CLASSIC

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I loved the man, the actor, the person. I am not at all shocked by the ignorant comments made here, there unfortunately will always be haters and all I can hope for is that their hate eats them alive. I apologize to his family for this entire posting by the globe and hope that they have sued them for detailing the very personal and HIPPA protected details about his medical conditions and details of his death. Shame on all of you bible thumping haters! Let the man rest in peace as he has suffered enough on this earth. Love Always
Virginia Stewart

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I agree on the ignorance of people on this subject...when it is all said and done GOD'S WORD WILL BE THE FINAL JUDGEMENTIONED AND IT IS PLAIN ON THE SUBJECT OF PERVERSIONS AND SEXUAL IMMORALITY. And for the comment about GOD not creating animals to be eaten by man...don't pick and choose the facts....in OT..yes..animals were to afford 'companionship' for ADAM...but after Adam and Eve 'sin' to disregard GOD'S LAW, part of the it punishment was to toil the soil and hunt meat for food....that's when he told them which meats they could eat...the meat/eating law HE changed when the NT came into effect...but HIS LAWS ON SIN, IMMORALITY ETC DID NOT CHANGE AND NEVER WILL even for the "let's do whatever feels good' people.....when they face judgement (and the certainly will), no excuse will be acceptable for a repeatedly and conscious immoral conduct of life.

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He's in hell now.

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

Such a lie! He died of leukemia you idiot!

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

You could tell he was getting sick in the last episodes. The world lost a great talant. R.I.P.

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I still watch in the heat of the night every day.love some Virgil Gibbs
Regardles of how He died or how He lived his life
.luv some bubble an Jamison too.i hve hear da story bfore an how chief Gallespie was der for him
Still luv u Virgil R I P

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I still watch in the heat of the night every day.love some Virgil Gibbs
Regardles of how He died or how He lived his life
.luv some bubble an Jamison too.i hve hear da story bfore an how chief Gallespie was der for him
Still luv u Virgil R I P

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A very special man. Passionate,true actor. Miss you Mr.Rollins.

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A very special man. Passionate,true actor. Miss you Mr.Rollins.

[p***@gmail.com]

A very special man. Passionate,true actor. Miss you Mr.Rollins.

[p***@gmail.com]

A very special man. Passionate,true actor. Miss you Mr.Rollins.

[j***@gmail.com]

Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

[j***@gmail.com]

Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

[j***@gmail.com]

Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

[j***@gmail.com]

Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

[j***@gmail.com]

Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

[j***@gmail.com]

Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
"

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Post by r***@gmail.com
I Think That Is Real Sad They Way He Died And Lived.

i have never knew that howard rollins was ur uncle i have always watched him on in heat of the night and was always thrilled about the way he carried himself on there telling chief gillespie how t was with blacks..wish i could have met him n person,a real strong black man. im david from new jersey still watching all of there episodes until this day.

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I loved him on the heat of the night as I love all of the other characters. They all made the show because they all are great actors. I was sad when Virgil & Althea left the show and I was sad when the show ended. But I'm glad the reruns still come on & I always look forward to the marathons. We all, famous, well known & popular, or unknown have things we struggle with. We all have a demon, 2, or 3 we wrestle with. Some of us are blessed enough to run to God for help, deliverance,salvation, & find that He breaks chains, free the captive, & gives liberty. But unfortunately, some of us will never know this. That's why those of us who do must pray for each other, love one another, show compassion, even we don't understand because we have to remember, someone prayed for us, someone loved us, & someone never gave up on us. The whole in the heat of the night cast is loved and missed.When people still watch a classic show like this one, what that says to me is,they were all great. And keep doing what you're doing on the haves and the have nots Hanna because I love your character and I look forward to next mth when the new season starts.:-)

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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
Copied withour permission.
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Globe
Vol 43 -- No 52 December 24, 1996
Page 4, 16
Howard Rollins AIDS Tragedy: Spent Last Sad Days Dressed As Woman!
Kinky last days of drag queen Howard Rollins
Heat of the Night star dead of AIDS at 46
He told his pals he wanted to be buried in a gold cocktail dress.
DYING from AIDS and bitter over his slumping career, Howard Rollins took
comfort by dressing as a woman in sparkling gowns, costly wigs and high
heels -- and telling himself: "I'm a lady, I'm a lady."
But his fantasy world ended in harsh reality when the In the Heat
of the Night star was found alone and unconcious in his studio apratment
-- amid his spangled outfits and colorful wigs -- with blood bubbling from
his mouth and nostrils.
Doctors at New York's St. Luke's -- Roosevelt Hospital fought to
save him, but the actor who played the tough cop Virgil Tibbs on the hit
TV series died Dec. 8, at age 46.
Neighbor Howard Bright told GLOBE:"Howard was so sick during the
last couple of months that it took me 10 minutes to help him down the
stairs.
"A kidney infection put him into the hospital. Even when he came
home, it caused him so much pain there were times when he could barely
walk.
"He told me a year ago that he was HIV positive even though he
hated to talk about it. 'Dammned AIDS gets in the way of everything,' he
said.
"Howard said he had bacteria in his stomach that spread thoughout
his body and that there was nothing that he could do.
"He'd spend his time sitting in the dark with the shades pulled,
watching TV or telephoning people all over the country."
The actor's only comfort in recent months had been dressing up,
say pals.
Just weeks before the end, he even joked to pals that he wanted to
be buried as a woman in a gold and black beaded cocktail dress, with
makeup and false eyelashes.
For yers he'd led a secret double life. Dressing in drag, he'd
cruise his Manhattan neighborhood as a gal named Tooraloora Goldfarb.
"He would purse his lips, put his hand on his hip and suddenly
he'd be transformed into a woman," says a pal.
"As a woman, he'd leave all his cares behind. He wasn't a druggie
or an AIDS patient, he was a sassy, sexy temptress."
Says best pal Bright, 59, a married actor who was a neighbor for
18 years: "His favourite thing in the whole world was showing off a new
outfit to a friend -- especially winter ensembles like a ladies coat over
skirt and stockings.
"When he was feeling well, he loved to dress in a spectacular
woman's outfit and go to transvestite clubs looking for male lovers."
Neighbor Art Franco told GLOBE: "He'd get high on drugs, dress as
a woman and strut his stuff. When people called 'Hi Howard,' he'd say,
'Excuuuse me! I'm Tooraloora Goldfarb.'"
But near the end, the crossdressing masquerade was just pathetic,
say neighbors.
"The saddest thing I ever saw," says neighbor Marcie Hirsch, "was
when I dropped off some groceries. Howard was eating Haagen-Daz, wearing
a dress and blonde wig and watching reruns of his show.
"He said, 'There's my character, Virgil Tibbs. I'm totally
opposite. But I;m so dammed believable. I must be real good at what I
do.' And he was."
He'd pose in his gowns in front of a full length mirror,
straightening his seams and adjusting his false boobs, say friends.
"He had six wigs on stands, four blonde, a brunette and a
readhead," says Franco. "There were beads strung ftom doorways and posters
from his movies, Ragtime, A Soldier's Story, and Heat.
"By his bead was a picture of himself with his mom and his sister,
Hattie. He told me, 'They've always been there for me. I kiss their
picture and say God bless mom and sis, everynight.'"
The brilliant actor was devestated by his fall from the TV heights
after repeated drug and drink arrests led him to being dropped from the
hit series in 1993, which also starred Carroll O'Connor.
Howard beat his addictions to cocaine and booze, say pals, but
they'd taken a shattering toll on his health.
"He used to sob, 'I love Carroll O'Connor,'" says a pal. "'He's
the only one who fights for me.'
"He lived hoping for the call that would give him another break,
but it never came."
As the virus ravaged Howard's body, Bright became so worried that
he started to visit the stricken actor three times a day.
Depressed and lonely, Howard was worn out by constant hiccups, the
result of a deadly body infection. Climng to the actor's loft bedroom at
1 p.m., Dec. 7, Bright "heard this gurgling and saw a vision of hell."
"Howard was stretched out on his back in his bed, gasping for air
and staring blankly at the ceiling.
"I said, 'Howard, can you speak?' But he didn't respond. I tried
to lift him but his chest just rattled and he gurgled, as though his
insides were about to pour out.
"I called the paramedics. As they lifted him from the bed, the
gurgling grew louder and blood started pouring from his mouth and nose.
'He was drowning in it. They stuck tubes down his throat and
started pumping the blood out of his lungs into small plastic sacs.
"It spattered everywhere. The floor was covered in blood.."
Rollins agent Rozanne Gates told GLOBE that he died of "bacterial
infection from septic shock due to complications from lymphoma," adding
that "the AIDS rumor was never substantiated."
The tormented actor's body was sent to his hometown Baltimore --
not to be buried in his favorite dress, but creamated.
His loving sister Hattie Fields said: "My brother's home for the
final time. He's at peace at last.
-- Ken Harrell and Joe Mullins
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wasn't a big fan of "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" but loved him in "A SOLDIER'S STORY". i'd heard rumors about him and now i'm sad hearing that he died alone. i have lost a few friends from AIDS, and am dealing with it myself(25years). what he was or wanted to be in private, was his business and none of us can judge. he was a great actor. and i'm sure a loving person. RIP Howard-your legacy lives on in all that you left us.

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