Before Bruce Jenner, There Was Renée Richards

Now 80, the transformative tennis player spoke recently with the Windy City Times.

SpyNightCoverIn advance of Friday’s closely guarded Diane Sawyer 20/20 interview special with Bruce Jenner, journalist Ross Forman shared a captivating recent conversation with a person who blazed the transgender media trail.

Now 80, Renée Richards is wrapping up some final professional activities this year, with plans to then retire in Florida. From the Windy City Times interview:

Richards lives about 80 minutes north of New York City, “in the country, in the woods, on the water,” she said of the English cottage she has called home for about 15 years.

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