It struck me as pretty cool Monday evening when I heard the name announced at the end of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament that it is a gay man now singing “One Shining Moment” every early April on CBS. Luther Vandross was quietly gay (tough to call him closeted) before he died; and very soon before he died, he recorded the version of the song that has been used since 2003. Playing that song at the end of the tournament has been a tradition for a long time, and I’ve personally seen straight fraternity boys get teary-eyed when it comes on. Luther’s lasting legacy . . . -Cyd Zeigler jr.
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on Apr 11th, 2008 at 12:39 PM
That’s funny, the Wikipedia article about Vandross doesn’t say anything about that… must be that “neutral point of view” they insist on over there
Maybe we need a pedia of our own…
on Apr 11th, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Beautiful.
on Apr 13th, 2008 at 4:19 PM
You are an asshole!!! You don’t know shit about Luther Vandross. Get a life.
on Apr 13th, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Wake up and smell the pink lemonade, darling.