George Albert "Scotty" Bowers was an American who was active from 1945 to 1980 as a procurer and prostitute for closeted Hollywood film and television industry people interested in homosexual or bisexual liaisons.
10 Facts About Scotty Bowers
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Scotty Bowers was born in 1923 in Ottawa, Illinois, the son of Edna and Glen Scotty Bowers.
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In 1942, Scotty Bowers joined the United States Marine Corps and fought as a paramarine in the Pacific War, including at the Battle of Iwo Jima, during World War II, losing his brother and two close friends.
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Scotty Bowers was never prosecuted by the authorities for his activities; he kept all his contact information in his head.
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Scotty Bowers died at his home in Los Angeles on October 13,2019, at the age of 96.
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Scotty Bowers appears in John Rechy's 1963 roman-a-clef City of Night as the character 'Smitty'.
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The Scotty Bowers I knew was a guy who always seemed to be enjoying his life working morning, noon and night, with never a gripe; always with a smile to greet you, and never with an axe to grind.
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Scotty Bowers authored the introduction to a collection of archival photographs of male affection in the military, My Buddy: World War II Laid Bare.
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Scotty Bowers appears in Sir Cecil Beaton's published diary for the 1960s, Beaton terming him "a phenomenon", and the biography In Bed With Gore Vidal.
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When Scotty Bowers says he likes to make people happy, he clearly includes himself, and that he seems to have done in spades.