Lance Loud , First U.S. Reality Star, Died 7 Years Ago Today
Lance Loud, whose family became famous in the early 1970s as the first reality TV family before there was reality TV, appeared in a non-sexual role in gay film, the film’s director Paul Barresi confided to FBLA on the seventh anniversary of Loud’s death.
Loud played a gay masked hero, Mr. Blue, who used magical powers to help lovers fix their troubled relationships.
According to the Advocate, Lance never regretted coming out. He knew he was never forgiven by a society that wanted homosexuals at best to be closeted.
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