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twixnmix · 2 days

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Andy Warhol, Jay Johnson, and Candy Darling photographed by Cecil Beaton at the Factory in New York, 1969.

#andy warhol #candy darling #jay johnson #1969 #the factory #warhol superstar #1960s

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53v3nfrn5 · 11 months

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Candy Darling on her deathbed (1974) photog: Peter Hujar

Darling died of lymphoma on March 21, 1974, aged 29, at the Columbus Hospital division of the Cabrini Health Care Center. In a letter written on her deathbed and intended for Warhol and his followers, Darling wrote, "Unfortunately before my death I had no desire left for life ... I am just so bored by everything. You might say bored to death. Did you know I couldn't last. I always knew it. I wish I could meet you all again." Her funeral, held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, was attended by huge crowds. Julie Newmar read the eulogy. Darling's birth name was never spoken by the minister or any of the eulogizers. Faith Dane played a piano piece, and Gloria Swanson saluted Darling's coffin.

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babsi-and-stella · 9 months

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Candy Darling and Dorian Gray photographed by Jack Mitchell in 1971.

#candy darling #dorian gray #beautiful people #♡#jack mitchell #photoshoot #actress #transicon #woman #vintage #black and white #photography #fashion #warhol superstar #love her jeans

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chaoticdesertdweller · 6 months

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Jane Fonda, Candy Darling and Andy Warhol on the SS France, 1969. 16mm stills by Gerard Malanga.

#jane fonda #candy darling #andy warhol #1969 #16mm film #film stills #gerard malanga #warhol superstar #silver factory #original photographers

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garethllane · 1 year

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Candy Darling in The Death of Maria Malibran

#candy darling #warhol superstar

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vsthepomegranate · 7 months

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Candy Darling in Vain Victory the Vicissitudes of the Damned (1971)

by Jack Mitchell/ Getty

#1970s theater #candy darling #jackie curtis #warhol superstar #trans woman #trans artist

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the-cricket-chirps · 9 months

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Jack Mitchell

Gerard Malanga

1971

#jack mitchell #Mitchell #modern art #american art #american photographer #gerard malanga #malanga #poet #dance #Exploding Plastic Inevitable #warhol #the factory #warhol factory #warhol superstar #superstar #the whip dance #silkscreen #1960s #1971

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bitter69uk · 30 days

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"I loved Candy, and she adored me. She had such a strong sense of femininity … her femininity was even stronger than mine. I'd sometime slip and uncross my legs, but you'd never see Candy doing that. She always had her legs crossed just right. She'd fluff her hair and even flirt with my boyfriend, but I was never threatened by her. She so strongly appealed to me as a wonderful human being. The last time I saw her she was wearing this fabulous purple Harlow-ish nightgown. She was eating chocolate."

/ From Julie Newmar’s eulogy at Candy Darling’s funeral at The Frank E Campbell Funeral Chapel /

“Warhol superstar Candy Darling is synonymous with doomed glamour — a gorgeous woman playing a dying gorgeous woman. The image of her laid up in hospital, looking ready for her close-up in full makeup with one black rose on the pillow beside her, looks like a staged photo for a fashion magazine. But that picture, taken by Peter Hujar, is as staged as it is real. Candy Darling died of lymphoma in that hospital room in 1974. She was 29.”

/ From “50 years after Candy Darling’s death, Warhol superstar’s struggle as a trans actress still resonates” by Jessica Ferri, The Los Angeles Times, 18 March 2024 /

Died on this day fifty years ago: ethereally beautiful, memorable and funny transgender Warhol Superstar Candy Darling (24 November 1944 - 21 March 1974). (Yes, THE Candy “from out on the Island” commemorated in the 1972 Lou Reed song “Walk on the Wild Side”). Coincidentally, the ambitious new ten-years-in-the-making biography Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr just dropped this month, and I can’t wait to devour it. Pictured: portrait of Darling on her deathbed by Peter Hujar (1934 – 1987).

#candy darling #peter hujar #warhol superstar #transgender #lgbtqia #julie newmar #lobotomy room #underground cinema #underground queer cinema

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legendarytragedynacho · 7 days

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