Remembering those we lost in 2023
The many acclaimed LGBTQ people and allies who died in 2023 include: Frank Galati, an internationally acclaimed writer, director, and actor, known for directing “Ragtime” on Broadway and his Chicago theater work, which included his adaptation of “The Grapes of Wrath,” died on Jan.
2 in Sarasota, Fla. at 79 from complications of cancer. Lily Chavez, a beloved D.C. nightlife figure, died on Jan.
8 at age 35 from complications of Lupus. Chavez was the box office cashier at D.C.’s Town Danceboutique, a bartender at Annie’s and Level 1 restaurants and the gay bar Cobalt, the Blade reported. Sal Piro, a fan of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” who saw the camp classic some 1,300 times and founded “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” fan club, died at 72 on Jan.
22 at his Manhattan home from an aneurysm in his esophagus. Everett Quinton, an actor, director, and leader of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company after his partner Charles Ludlam’s death in 1987, died on Jan.
