Here's a little memory from the early 70's in AUS.
There was a guy, called Johnny Young, he ran a Disney style children's talent show, called Young Talent Time.
In 1972 Liberace visited AUS and was on the Young Talent Time show.
He picked one of the young boys from the show and took him back to the US with him.
His name was Jamie Redfern.
Jamie was 14 or 15 years old at the time.
Liberace later took another boy from the same show, named, Denis Walter, who was 15 years old.
The entire nation of AUS and likely the entire world, knew what must have been going on, but no one said a fucking word.
Anon knows Jamie Redfern, who now lives in same town as anon, in fact a few years back, annon provided accommodation for Jamie, his sister and friend for about a year or so. Had to kick them out because, broken alcoholics.
Jamie today is an old broken man, who apparently tries to drink away his memories.
The pain he lives all day every day, must be immense.
Władziu Valentino Liberace[nb 1] (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor.[2] He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world[3] with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. He embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage.
PIC 1, Liberace
PIC 2, Jamie Redfern
PIC 3, Dennis Walter
Jamie Redfern (born 9 April 1957) is a British-born Australian television presenter and personality and pop singer. Redfern was an original cast member of children's variety show, Young Talent Time from April 1971 to early 1972, before leaving the show to tour in the US with Liberace. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, he "possessed a booming, mature voice which belied his tender age… [he] scored four Top 40 hit singles and sold more than $1.3 million worth of records."[1] His equal highest-charting singles were the double-A sided covers of "Rainbow on the River"/"We'll Meet Again" (November 1972), and "Venus" (August 1973), which each peaked at No. 8 on the Go-Set national charts.
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WEBJun 5, 2014 · Denis Walter was about 15 years old when he was introduced to musical virtuoso, Liberace, in the early 1970s. Set to follow in the footsteps of boy wonder Jamie Redfern,Walter was the second Young Talent Time …
This sort of shite goes way back beyond the seventies.
When I see Brittney Spears carry on like a pork chop on a BBQ, the same damage is still being done to children, many with the blessings of their parents, because fame and money.
For Fucks sake, lets just get the wood chippers going.
Trump should do a world wide distribution, like he did military emergency style with ventilators.
Wood Chipper Warp Speed, now there's a plan.