WEHT The Transvestite Who Played Beverly Lasalle on "All In The Family"?

[Doctor Wu]

I saw the episode of AITF on TV Land where Archie gives CPR to the
female impersonator Beverly Lasalle. I know on the show he was killed
off, but what happened to him IRL? I checked IMDB to no avail. He went
by Lori Shannon, real name Don Mclean (no, not Don "American Pie"
Mclean). I even did a Google search, again to no avail.

I loved that show. It was so funny when he told Edith he was a female
impersonator, and Edith said "well that's smart, who better to
impersonate a female other than a female?" AITF was sooooo un-PC, they
said things that can't be said now, like Archie calling Beverly a 'fag',
even though most people knew Archie was a characature of a stupid bigot.
Those were the days.

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Lisa

[Dudhorse]

"Doctor Wu" <ihat...@pissoff.com> wrote in message
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> ... IIRC Lori/Don is deceased
>

[Patty]

"Doctor Wu" <ihat...@pissoff.com> wrote in message
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: I saw the episode of AITF on TV Land where Archie gives CPR to the

I don't remember that episode but I googled google groups and found:

Here's the Washington Post obituary from 1984:

SAN FRANCISCO -- Don McLean, 44, a female impersonator who played a
"drag queen" who got mouth-to-mouth resuscitation from Archie Bunker
on television's "All in the Family" program, died here Feb. 11. The
cause of death was not reported.
A theater director and producer and a critic for San Francisco's gay
newspapers, he was best known under the stage name Lori Shannon, long
the star of the Finnochio Club.

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The San Francisco Chronicle archives only go back to 1995 but I found one article
that said "the late Lori Shannon" and another article on the closing of Finnochio's
in 1999 that mentioned him/her.

From the SF Chronicle:
Another popular act (at San Francisco's Finocchio's Club) was Don McLean, otherwise known
as Lori Shannon, the 6- foot-5 comic who became nationally known after playing Archie
Bunker's drag queen friend on ``All in the Family.''

Appearing in a wig, heavy mascara and a tight dress, McLean would tickle the tourists with
such one-liners as, ``Welcome to Boy's Town -- I'm Father Flanagan.''

[Doctor Wu]

In article <f8c4268a42a7150f...@news.teranews.com>,
"Patty" <eartha...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks for the info. I guess I googled wrong.

--
Lisa

[Doctor Wu]

In article
<GFcpb.24906$Ec1.2...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Dudhorse" <nondi...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

Thanks.

--
Lisa

[brian...@gmail.com]

Hi Lisa, the actor in real life died from a heart attack.

[peter...@gmail.com]

"Lori Shannaon" died of a heart attack in 1984 at the age of 45. He stood 6'5" in his heels. At that height, how could Archie really believe he was performing CPR on a female? Indeed, those were the days.