Willie garson, the actor known for playing carrie bradshaw's gay best friend, stanford blatch, on sex and the city, has died at age 57 Garson died after a short illness, people reports. Willie garson was best known for his role in sex and the city as carrie bradshaw's best friend stanford blatch, who was openly gay, but in real life, willie was guarded about his personal life In many ways, sex and the city is responsible for the proliferation of the “gay best friend” trope, thanks to the fan love for stanford blatch, played by the late willie garson On the other hand, this is the same series that gave us carrie confidently declaring that bisexuality is “just a layover on the way to gaytown.” Still, garson’s stanford was a steppingstone to other, more fully realized gay characters
And in the past 20 years, what straight girl/gay guy friendship hasn’t compared themselves to carrie and stanford at least once Garson’s stanford pushed the door open further as a gay character who talked frankly with his straight friends about sex, dating, rejection, insecurity, and the eternal conundrum of the male mind. Garson, born william garson paszamant, played carrie bradshaw's gay best friend in the hbo show sex and the city, which aired from 1998 to 2004.
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