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The 82-year-old actor, who is the father of actress Jennifer
Grey and also has a son, told People magazine that his family
and friends have known about his sexuality.
"I don't like labels," Grey is quoted as saying in the issue of
the magazine to be published on Friday "but if you have to put a
label on it, I'm a gay man."
Grey discussed his childhood in Cleveland, Ohio, and hearing
grownups speak about gay men being jailed for their sexuality.
Grey said that at around the same time, he realized he was
attracted to girls and boys.
Grey was the first to play the role of the Master of Ceremonies
in the Broadway musical "Cabaret" in 1966 and won the Tony Award
for the performance. He won an Academy Award for the 1972 film
version.
Jennifer Grey, best known for her role in 1987's "Dirty Dancing"
with Patrick Swayze, told People magazine that she was pleased
her father felt comfortable and secure enough to publicly
declare himself a gay man.
"Mostly because more people are free to own their true nature
and can hopefully come closer to love and accept themselves as
they really are, no matter what age, no matter how long it
takes, to finally be free of the lies or half truths, it is
freedom," she said.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Eric Kelsey and Grant
McCool)
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