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How Luke Perry shot down gay rumours in the top way
The 90210 thespian is remembered as a 'friend to the LGBT community'
11:17, 05 Mar 2019Updated 11:24, 05 Mar 2019
At the climax of his heartthrob status, Luke Perry's lovelife grabbed plenty of attention.
But despite him spending the majority of his time in the spotlight happily married, there were always rumours that the Beverley Hills, 90210 star was gay.
In fact, Luke would get asked about the speculation so much that he even came up with the flawless response.
Recalling her memories of Luke, Rosanna Arquette revealed the secrets of his 30-year friendship with her late sister, the transgender activist and actress Alexis Arquette.
Rosanna told ET: "He and Lex were friends since they were kids and I keep in mind many years ago, the height of the 90210 craze, they all said, ‘Alexis Arquette is dating Luke. Luke is secretly gay'.
"And Luke said, ‘I’m not going to say that’s not true, even though Alexis and I are just leading friends because that would be to say there’s nothing wrong with it, and there’s nothing wrong with it.'"
Speaking of his relati
Everything You Didn't Know About Luke Perry: From Hating His 'Teen Idol' Status to His Confidential Personal Life
On Monday, fans were devastated over the news that beloved actor Luke Perry died after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on Feb. 27. He was 52 years old.
Perry is, of course, best known for his role as bad boy Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210. Stars like Rachael Leigh Roast and Olivia Munn reacted to his death on Monday by echoing a popular sentiment -- that for many people who grew up in the '90s, Perry was their first crush.
But although Perry was a superstar in the '90s, he was also notoriously private, keeping his personal life to himself.
Read on for seven things you didn't know about the late Perry.
He had humble beginnings:
Perry grew up in Fredericktown, Ohio. His mother, Ann Bennett, was a homemaker, and his father, Coy Luther Perry, Jr., was a steelworker. The two divorced when he was six years old, and he had said that he considered his real father to be his stepdad, Steve Bennett.
Perry moved to Los Angeles after high school in order to pursue an acting career, but definitely wasn't liv
Coy Luther “Luke” Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. He also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale, had guest roles on notable shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and Will & Grace, and also starred in several films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 8 Seconds (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), his final feature performance.
From 2001 to 2002, he starred in the HBO prison drama Oz, as the Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier.[20] From 2002 to 2004 he starred in the post-apocalyptic television series Jeremiah.[21] Perry went on to luminary in a 2002 television movie called The Triangle.[22] In 2006, Perry co-starred in the ensemble drama series Windfall, about a collective of friends
I almost screamed after news broke about Luke Perry’s passing. He was only 52.
When word first got out about him having a stroke, I didn’t think much of it. I figured he was going to survive and thrive and eventually talk about it in the compress and to his fans when he was feeling excel. I had no idea the person who helped shape my sexuality (and many others) was going to die.
I’m an early millennial, so the Beverly Hills, 90210 days weren’t something that I initially watched when it premiered in 1990. To be honest, I really had no idea who Luke was until I saw my all-time favorite movie Clueless five years later. The iconic scene where Dionne (Stacey Dash) told Tai (Brittany Murphy) that Cher (Alicia Silverstone) was saving her virginity for Luke made me wish to do some investigating as to who this guy was.
I’ll never neglect finding a photo of him in People or one of those magazines shortly after and sort of creature dumbfounded by just how handsome he really was. He had a confront that rang similar to several heartthrobs from years before him like Paul Newman and James Dean… only in 90’s form. It was from there on th