Jack Wrangler, gay porn idol, dead at 62

By JENNIFER PELTZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

NEW YORK -- The 1970s gay porn idol Jack Wrangler has died at age 62. Lewis Tice, director of publicity and marketing for TLA Releasing, a distributor of gay-themed independent films, says Wrangler died in New York City of complications of lung disease. Wrangler starred in numerous gay adult movies and went on to become a musical theater performer. His life was chronicled in last fall's documentary "Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon." Tice says Wrangler starred in more than 80 adult films beginning in the 1970s. Wrangler later married pop vocalist Margaret Whiting, who survives him.

(seattlepi)