Written by Shane Smith, Editor,
Stonewall Gazette
Joe Orton (L) and Kenneth Halliwell (R)
Award-winning British playwright Joe Orton would have turned 85 years old on Jan 1. Sadly, his life was cut short by his lover Kenneth Halliwell. On August 9, 1967, Halliwell bludgeoned the 34-year-old Orton to death with a hammer then Halliwell later committed suicide by taking an overdose of
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