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Nina Simone in Central Park, New York City in 1958. Photo by Chuck Stewart.

Tom Hopper

William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973) was an American actor. By the end of the 1920s, Haines had appeared in a string of successful films and was a popular box-office draw. His career was cut short by the studios in the 1930s due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality. He quit acting in 1935 and started a successful interior design business with his partner Jimmie Shields.

In David Hockney's studio with Maudie James models while the painter's muse, Peter Schlesinger, looks on. The painting is a double portrait of Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. Picture by Cecil Beaton for Vogue magazine 1968

David Hockney (1937 -2026)