Lance Loud, 1951-2001 gay American columnist, actor, singer, entertainer astrology chart, profile, links Aquarius Ascendant, Cancer Sun, Aries Moon, Pluto Descendant BORN: 26 June 1951, La Jolla, San Diego County, CA, USA (32n51, 117w16). Sy Scholfield [copyright] quotes data (including time of birth for chart) from birth certificate in hand, Alanson Russell Loud. RR: AA. DIED: 22 December 2001, 01:00 (1am) PST (8hw), Los Angeles, CA. (His mother states he died "at one in the morning" on the PBS website: http://www.pbs.org/lanceloud/memories/pat.html). FEATURES: PERSONALIZED PLANETS: Aries JUPITER (conjunct moon; square Sun), Gemini MARS (conjunct Sun, disposits Aries Moon), Cancer MERCURY-URANUS (conjunct Sun; square Moon), Leo PLUTO-VENUS (conjunct Descendant). PATTERNS: T-SQUARE (Neptune opposite Jupiter-Moon, all square Mercury-Uranus), TRIPLE CANCER CONJUNTION (Sun, Mercury, Uranus). SHAPE: UNDEFINED! CHINESE SIGN: ?. NUMEROLOGY: "3" LIFEPATH.

AN AMERICAN FAMILY: THE STORY OF THE LOUDS

Lance was born in La Jolla, California, while his father was in the Navy during the Korean War. He spent his early childhood with his parents and four siblings in Eugene, Oregon, and his later childhood and teen years in Santa Barbara, California. When he was about 13, Lance discovered Andy Warhol (who later became a penpal with him), The Factory, and The Velvet Underground.

As a teenager, Lance commandeered the family car and drove a few friends to Haight-Ashbury to investigate the San Francisco neighborhood's renowned cultural scene. He hitchhiked to Altamont Raceway Park to attend The Rolling Stones concert that later became the subject of the documentary Gimme Shelter.

An American Family was broadcast in the US on PBS in 1973, drawing 10 million viewers and causing considerable controversy at the time. The show was based in Santa Barbara, California. Lance moved to New York City to live, inspired by his teenage obsession with the Velvet Underground and all things Warhol, where he frequented various rock clubs, and drag shows with luminaries such as Andy Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis (who later became a close Loud family friend), Holly Woodlawn, and productions by Charles Ludlam. After the series ended, Lance appeared on The Dick Cavett Show, performing with a working version of what would later become Mumps (which at that point included Delilah Michelle and Kevin in the line-up), and stated that he thought the filmmakers had intentionally edited the series to make him seem obnoxious and grating.

Loud became an international gay icon when he came out on national television, although Lance and all the Louds continue to assert he never "came out" on the series proper. His sexuality became a thing of national controversy and media scrutiny after several appearances on Dick Cavett and other talk shows. But the overwhelmingly positive and grateful feedback of thousands of struggling "outsiders" of all stripes from all over America led Lance to embrace this role with passion and his usual flamboyant, often self-derogatory wit.... [read more]