It's an unfortunate loss, for sure. He had a very full life, but it would have been nice to have had him for longer. I was never really a big fan of his music, but I had nothing against it, either.
As I recall, back in the 1970s he was very much into transgenderism, though stopped short of declaring himself as such. I know he spent a lot of time with transgendered people. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that he may have even gotten breasts himself for a time. I seem to have seen a photo somewhere years ago, but it may have been fake. Back in those days, the common procedure was to simply inject liquid silicon into the chest rather than to embed plastic bags as they do now. There are several other ways that temporary breasts can be put in place, though. If anyone knows more about this, it would be interesting to hear.
