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Feb 8, 2022 · Though he comes from a large Irish Catholic family of eight children, Mahoney never married, and never had any children of his own.
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This reunited him with his Frasier co-star Jane Leeves, as well as Wendie Malick whose character he eventually married in Frasier and his co-star in the movie The American President. Mahoney was a featured ensemble cast member in The Birthday Party, playing in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre from January 24 to April 28, 2013. [29]
- Mahoney’s Part of The “Family”
- Mahoney’s Queer Roles
- The Broken Hearts Club and John’s Sexuality
- Gay After Death?
- Wrap-Up
I remember how I first learned that John Mahoney was family. Growing up, I regularly watched Frasier with my dad. We enjoyed Mahoney’s hilarious performance as the sports-loving father to two decidedly unathletic sons, Frasier and Niles. When I moved to Chicago, Mahoney was a local celebrity, often playing at the Steppenwolf Theatre. Perhaps someon...
At 77, Mahoney’s untimely death was due to throat cancer. Still, he is remembered for several high-profile and memorable roles outside Martin Crane. Notably, he played a gay man (and former drag queen) named Bennett on a 2006 episode of E.R., who comes to the hospital when his partner, James, has heart trouble. As James’ condition worsens, his fami...
Mahoney also played a pivotal gay role in Greg Berlanti’s 2000 GLAAD-Award-winning film The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy. Boasting an all-star cast from Timothy Olyphant to Justin Theroux, the film had Mahoney as a West Hollywood restaurant owner and followed the softball team he not only sponsored but often dished out dinner and advice to...
Still, remembrances of Mahoney are populated with his being gay. And some are incensed by this detail being left out of the mainstream media’s obits for the actor. Some commenterseven maintain he had a partner who was being ignored. But with Mahoney looking to keep his homosexuality out of the press, it’s hard to celebrate him without also feeling ...
Despite all this, the New York Times or Hollywood Reporterwill say Mahoney was never married and had no children. The assumptions he is heterosexual because he never said otherwise. Still, we can still celebrate him as having claimed a space not so different from other queer actors in history. Suppose he’s savoring his spot next to Anthony Perkins,...
He never married and had no children. Tributes have been paid in memory of Frasier actor John Mahoney, who has died at the age of 77. His cause of death has now been revealed.
Visiting the States to see his older sister, a "war bride" who had married an American, the young Mahoney decided to emigrate and was sponsored by his sister. John eventually won his citizenship by serving in the U.S. Army. Long interested in acting, Mahoney didn't make the transition to his craft until he was almost forty years old.
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Oct 19, 2023 · John Mahoney. John Mahoney played the Crane patriarch, a retired and injured police detective. During his life, John was fiercely private about his personal life, but he never married...
The Mancunian Mahoneys eventually returned to Manchester during the war. Visiting the States to see his older sister, a "war bride" who had married an American, the young Mahoney decided to emigrate and was sponsored by his sister. John eventually won his citizenship by serving in the U.S. Army.
