Mark Harris Bisexual widower of Martha Raye. A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF MARTHA RAYE - Blogger I first facebook Grillo, who said he's pretty sure, and then Stuttering John, who said. She also loved her seventh husband--the bawdy and perpetual self-promoter Mark Harris--enough to leave him most of her estate, conservatively estimated at about $1.5 million. ", On their wedding night, Raye was hospitalized with internal bleeding caused by blood thinners she was taking. After her death the statuette was displayed for many years in a specially constructed lighted niche at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills. If my behavior now to save an industry that I happen to enjoy is not to the liking of the PETA people, let them eat steak, said Harris in a characteristically flamboyant pronouncement. In 1969, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave Miss Raye the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her wartime efforts, and she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993. In addition to starting a cabaret act and trying to sell a TV cooking show, Harris will become a fashion designer. Old khaki fatigues and combat boots!" They first were married Sept. 23 For a monthly allowance, they blow-dry what's left of the diva's hair, do the shopping and cooking, remind the diva on a daily basis what a fabulous star she still is, and every so often are invited to share the diva's bed, although sexual performance is secondary to slavish attention and the will to gossip. But when he came in about Gay Papa I think it was the most revealing song he had ever done.. She was born at St. James Hospital in Butte, Montana, as Margy Reed;[2][3] despite her birth certificate showing Reed, some sources in the 1970s and 1980s gave her the surname O'Reed. The ring was a gift from a man. I'm a Gay Papa Behaving so luxuriousWatching my kidsI'm generous as well Remember that tune? Her last marriage was in 1991, to 42-year-old Mark Harris, her manager. Ms. Condos is Miss Rayes daughter by Nick Condos, who was married to Miss Raye for five years and served as her business adviser. Im not doing anything that Martha would be ashamed of. ", The surgery is being paid for by an admirer. You know me," he laughs. Dont forget that Martha was a rebel all her life.. Mark Harris Obituary: In the loving memory of Mark Harris, we are saddened to inform you that Mark Harris, a beloved and loyal friend, has passed away. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Mark Harris was the greatest guest ever. "Both ways! He romps in a fur-lined leather coat for a photographer. Howard, Robin, and the gang discuss Martha Raye's passing. We're covered. 'Is he musical?' [citation needed] You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. I have a child and my child is not mentioned in the will." She starred in the short-lived (28 episodes) The Martha Raye Show (19541956), opposite retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano, who played her boyfriend. Martha Raye, the beloved and boisterous entertainer who died in October at the age of 78, loved animals enough to remember their welfare in her will. Los Angeles, California, USA. Ruth Webb, Mark Harris--Rare TV Interview, Martha Raye When the actress and comedienne Martha Raye met Mark Harris when she was 75, the victim of several strokes and he an admitted bisexual, just 42. She is survived by her husband and her daughter. I don't know how much scandal I could handle! "Our home was in an old, broken down Pierce Arrow auto which my father drove," Miss Raye remembered.