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Mary Griffith, who lost her son, Bobby, to suicide and subsequently became an advocate for LGBTQ rights, has died at the age of 85.
The story of Griffith and her son was told in Leroy Aarons’s 1989 book Prayers for Bobby: A Mother’s Coming to Terms With the Suicide of Her Gay Son. The book was adapted into a Lifetime movie in 2009, starring Sigourney Weaver as Mary Griffith and Ryan Kelley as Bobby.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 19, 2020 12:20 AM |
Here's a short interview with Mary Griffith and the cast from "Prayers for Bobby" including Sigourney Weaver. The clip also includes a picture of what the real-life Bobby looked like.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 18, 2020 3:21 PM |
I'm glad she helped other parents and children. Sad she had to lose her own first.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 18, 2020 3:24 PM |
They actor who played Bobby later played a deputy on MTV's Teen Wolf.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 18, 2020 3:29 PM |
RIP to a good person. I hope there is a heaven where she can be with her son again.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 18, 2020 3:31 PM |
DL never disappoints.
This woman dies but we at the DL can only talk about how hot the actor who played her son is.......
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 18, 2020 3:42 PM |
RiP and thank you for everything you had contributed to the world.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 18, 2020 3:43 PM |
LOL, R6. Exactly my thought.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 18, 2020 3:44 PM |
Her family will enjoy hearing about that at her funeral, when a DLer approaches them and says, "You know, the actor that played Bobby makes me moister than a snack cake down there!"
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 18, 2020 3:50 PM |
RIP. No snark.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 18, 2020 3:52 PM |
[quote] DL never disappoints.
[quote] This woman dies but we at the DL can only talk about how hot the actor who played her son is.......
Is the actor cut or uncut?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 18, 2020 3:54 PM |
Siggy should have got the Emmy for this
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 18, 2020 6:22 PM |
Siggy is a goddess
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 18, 2020 6:26 PM |
Prayers for her. She was a wonderful woman and deserves all the credit in the world.
and prayer for the cute actor who played Bobby. I hope he is gay or turned gay after playing Bobby.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 18, 2020 11:17 PM |
Good book, read it years ago. RIP.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 19, 2020 12:20 AM |
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