Talk:Bobby Short

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Is he still alive? If not, past tense should be used. "Bobby Short was..." Unclear whether he's still around. Moncrief 07:31, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. I used allmusic.com to write this -- they don't give a death date, but aren't always up-to-date.  Some light googling seems to indicate he is alive, but not conclusively. Tuf-Kat 07:36, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)


 * Looks like he's probably alive then. Something about the tense of the much of the article made it unclear if he was still alive, but I may be overthinking it.  Thanks. Moncrief 07:38, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)

Bobby Short is definitely dead. Here's the link to his New York Times obituary. http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F10914FF34580C718EDDAA0894DD404482 Marc Acito, March 3, 2007Marc Acito 05:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I was in New York the day that Bobby Short and John Delorean died, so I knew he was dead... can anyone add information about his personal life? A mutual friend has told me that he had a villa in the south of France and had a very active social life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.145.152 (talk) 06:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree that there should be more biographical information about his personal life. For instance, his long-time bi-racial relationship with blue-blood heir and fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt in New York City is historically significant. Scottnajima (talk) 23:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Wasn't Bobby Short gay? Is that fact not of historical significance? Must he remain in the closet after death as well? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.188.113.157 (talk) 18:38, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Copyvio tagging
This article was marked as a copyvio from. However, if you browse around their site, you'll find that one page lists their sources and "Wikimedia Foundation" is listed in there. Thus, it is highly likely that they copied the content from WP.  howch e  ng   {chat} 22:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, the bulk of it has clearly been cribbed from somewhere (the NYT obituary?). The tone is far from neutral. --JustDerek (talk) 17:34, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Gloria Vanderbilt?
Wasn't there some manner of long term companionship between Short and Vanderbilt?PurpleChez (talk) 15:44, 26 April 2021 (UTC)