article_snippet: On camera, Pat asked Pat husband, Bill to move out, and Lance, the oldest son, was the first gay to come out on television.
article_snippet: Coming out: Oldest son Lance was the first person to reveal Oldest son Lance was gay on television. 
article_snippet: Affectionate letters from friends honoring the memory of Oldest son Lance describe Oldest son Lance as loving Warhol, wind chimes, thrift shops, yard sales, Latin men, talking on the phone, cats, riding on Oldest son Lance motorcycle and every taco stand in LA.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance believed the documentary series fulfilled 'the middle-class dream that you can become famous for being just who you are'.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance didn't shy away from coming out on television but reveled in the positive feedback Oldest son Lance received from the gay community.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance became a penpal of Andy Warhol and flamboyantly embraced Oldest son Lance own role as a gay icon.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance moved to New York to be close to Andy Warhol's Factory, the artist's studio that became a magnet for artists, socialites and hipsters.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance needed a new landscape that gave Oldest son Lance the freedom to be gay --- and to escape northern Californian hippies.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance was 'pursued by Oldest son Lance own demons and turned to drugs to keep drugs at bay',
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance mother Pat writes .
article_snippet: Affectionate letters from friends honoring the memory of Oldest son Lance describe Oldest son Lance as loving Warhol, wind chimes, thrift shops, yard sales, Latin men, talking on the phone, cats, riding on Oldest son Lance motorcycle and every taco stand in LA.
article_snippet: If it feels good, do it' trend swept the country and Oldest son Lance right along with it.
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance wanted to live art, live music, be in the music. '
article_snippet: Oldest son Lance loved movies, food, music, fashion and anything with a horizontal stripe', Oldest son Lance sister Delilah writes. '
article_snippet: Many considered Oldest son Lance an icon for coming out on TV.
article_snippet: Those who believe that have it backwards; Oldest son Lance was too impatient to wait for the rest of us, so Oldest son Lance ran ahead and scouted the rapids to tell us that the water was fine.'
article_snippet: But Oldest son Lance was 'pursued by Oldest son Lance own demons and turned to drugs to keep drugs at bay', Oldest son Lance adoring mother Pat recalls.
article_snippet: Author and book editor Ellis Amburn, a friend of Oldest son Lance wrote, 'In a world that could be cruel and catty, I never heard Oldest son Lance say an unkind word about anyone, and I always found Oldest son Lance blithe spirit contagious.'