11 Facts About Rachel Humphreys

Rachel Humphreys was a muse and romantic partner to musician Lou Reed.

Rachel Humphreys was born and raised in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and San Antonio, Texas.

Rachel Humphreys used to like to play with Barbie dolls and dress up in girls' clothes.

Rachel Humphreys was wearing this amazing makeup and dress and I was obviously in a different world to anyone else in the place.

Rachel Humphreys used both male and female pronouns at different times, and both enjoyed wearing each other's clothes.

Rachel Humphreys would do Reed's hair on his tours, would sometimes come onstage during his performances, and was credited as Reed's road manager in 1976.

Rachel Humphreys is featured in an illustration on the back cover of Reed's 1974 album Sally Can't Dance.

The last time the two were known to have seen one another was in early 1979 when Rachel Humphreys briefly attended one of Reed's band practices, returning a leather bag containing some of the musician's belongings.

Reed did not often publicly speak of Rachel Humphreys following their breakup, and little is known about her life after the couple's separation.

Rachel Humphreys died January 30,1990 at age 37 in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan.

Rachel Humphreys was buried on February 16,1990 at Potter's Field on Hart Island off the coast of the Bronx alongside thousands of other individuals who died during the AIDS epidemic.