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Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson has died after a massive stroke (according to the HONY Facebook page).
Her story, told over several posts in Humans of New York, made her famous, and a book about her life followed.
No news link posted yet but here's a collection of some of the posts telling her story. It was quite something.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 13, 2025 4:18 PM |
You had me worried
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 12, 2025 11:33 PM |
Get Bill Condon on the line. This needs to be a biopic star vehicle for me.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 12, 2025 11:58 PM |
I read all her posts. That chick lived 100 lifetimes ! She was fabulous in her youth.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 13, 2025 1:36 AM |
The HONY series was fascinating. Rest in peace Stephanie.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 13, 2025 5:33 AM |
I hope she received all that money we donated to her and was able to live her final days in comfort.
RIP Tanqueray
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 13, 2025 6:08 AM |
I chatted her up a few times at Chelsea Sq Diner (23rd and 9th). She could be fairly entertaining.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 13, 2025 6:20 AM |
My first thought R1!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 13, 2025 7:35 AM |
This reminds me of when Flower, the matriarch from Meerkat Manor, died.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 13, 2025 7:35 AM |
A classic NYer. Glad she got to tell her story - and she deserves credit for brutal honesty. But she knew it was a way of getting attention even in old age - especially from the gay boys of Chelsea. A hard life but at least she didn’t succumb to drugs like most people would who lived that childhood and life. A good long life - and hopefully avoided a long, slow slide into dementia and pain.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 13, 2025 1:30 PM |
A news item, but it just repeats what was posted on HONY.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 13, 2025 3:02 PM |
Oddly her smile reminds me of Michelle Obama.
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