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@Oliver Schick
I think the main reason why the original column has provoked such an outcry is because she doesn't come right out as a homophobe, but insinuates and hints, which simply screams hypocrisy. I find it very hard to believe that if she had wanted to write a column about 'louche' celebrity lifestyles, she could have done so quite easily in a completely different way from the way the column is written. She would probably still have caused offence so close to his death, but she could have made it clear there and then that she wasn't attributing his death to his being gay. No matter what she says, this is how it comes across. 22,000 complaints is clear enough testimony how people understood it, I think.