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Sam's revival.(singer Sam Harris)(Brief Article)
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The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine)
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December 21, 1999
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1999 Liberation Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Sam Harris went from Star Search to Broadway, but he never had the courage to come out, Here, in an exclusive interview, he finally comes clean
Although he has enjoyed a successful singing career and was nominated for a Tony for his work as Jojo in the 1997 musical The Life, Sam Harris has been most deeply branded as the first champion of Star Search, the popular, sometimes campy '80s TV talent show. But now Harris's legacy boasts a suddenly more meaningful twist: The star has searched himself and decided to finally speak out about his sexuality.
The upbeat Harris, 38, says his new album Revival (Finer Art Records), which he compiled as a paean to "openness and ...
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