"Dennis Day" The Original Gayseketeer Missing

So apparently back in the day Dennis was an expert sword sallower.

Now it's time to say good-bye...

Does Jack Benny know about this?

Don Wilson) Did you see the race?

Dennis Day) That reminds me Mr Benny, here's the dollar I owe you

Don) Did you bet?

Denny) No I watched it at Mr Benny's house

Jack) I thought you were great in the movie "King Solomon's Mines" Miss Kerr, but the last 15 seconds were ruined by some guy started talking and I didn't hear the ending.

Deborah Kerr) Would you like me to tell you what happened

Jack ) No that wouldn't be fair, I got my money back

I'm confused, why would he take the cat and dog when he was visiting friends? And since Caswell was in the hospital, did they notice he was missing soon enough to find them alive?

Also a little confusing, the by line is Phoenix, but they lived in Oregon, so the car wasn't that far way from where it should be.

So this is a different Dennis Day than the singer?

Yes....two different people.

He was from Phoenix, Oregon, which is about 60-70 miles to the Oregon coast, but I was initially confused by that, too, thinking he was in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jack Benny was the king of comedians. A lot of his old shows are on YouTube. Some of them are uneven but when they work they are hilarious. Benny created a world of characters and Dennis Day was one of them. If you don' t know Benny's work I urge you to take a look.

Well...

Dennis Day THE SINGER died in 1988 (1916 - 1988) age 72.

Dennis Day was also the name of an original Mouseketeer. He is gay and was probably molested by that obese pedo-mouseketeer Roy Williams

That is the Dennis Day that is missing.

Only 12 replies? No one cares about a missing elder gay....How sad

Is he related to Doris Von Keppelhoff?

Weren’t they all gay? Cubby is the gayest name ever.

Jack- Now Mary, it's St. Patty's day. Why aren't you wearing anything green?

Mary- Sure I am Jack, see?

Jack- Well, that's lovely. What is it?

Mary- It's the gold bracelet you gave me for Christmas.

R12 I'm all for being irreverent on here, but to call someone a pedo when, I mean, he wasn't, it pretty low.

"Oh Don.....!"

Jack Benny has nothing to do with this.

The Dennis Day on The Jack Benny Program is not the same person as the missing Mouseketeer.

One would think this doesn't need repeating further.

"To call someone a pedo when, I mean, he wasn't" is the very essence of certain Dataloungetarians.

I had sex with a gay Mouseketeer who lived in my building on W. 69th Street, back in the mid-'70s. I can't remember his name. Or his dong. It wasn't Cubby. It wasn't Jimmy. Bobby, maybe?

Annette Funindajello?

R21 would have remembered Annette's dick, R22.

I hope he turns up alive and ok

You know Roy was "shaking hands" with all the male Mouseketeers.

The poor man has been missing for six months!?

There is a facebook group about this topic.

I saw the other Dennis Day do "No, No, Nannette" in LA with June Allyson in 1972..

Kind of disturbing info about the case at the link below

Has Annette Funicello's ghost been informed?

Is this the kid who was fired when Walt Disney found out he was gay?

No, it was Tommy Kirk … While filming "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones," Kirk started seeing a 15-year-old boy he had met at a local swimming pool. The boy's mother discovered the affair and informed Disney, who elected not to renew Kirk's contract. Kirk was 21 years old. Walt Disney himself fired Kirk after receiving a complaint from the boy's mother.

R21, are you sure it wasn't Johnny Crawford from "The Rifelman?" He was a West Sider when we hooked-up.

[quote]You know Roy was "shaking hands" with all the male Mouseketeers.

Not ROY! Say it ain't so!

So, per R28's link, he had a homeless meth addict living with him shortly before he disappeared.

Loved him on the Jack Benny Show.

A gay mouseketeer? No comment.

Only one newspaper picked up this story? You would think this would be bigger news.

R29, thank you for posting that. It doesn’t sound good...

[R21], are you sure it wasn't Johnny Crawford from "The Rifleman"? He was a West Sider when we hooked-up.

I don't think so. I probably would've recognized Johnny Crawford, as I used to watch "The Rifleman." I watched the Mickey Mouse Club, but mostly for Spin and Marty, not the actual Mouseketeers. Speaking of which, I definitely would have recognized Tim Considine. He and Tommy Kirk (The Hardy Boys) were my first crushes.

[quote] r21, are you sure it wasn't Johnny Crawford from "The Rifleman"? He was a West Sider when we hooked-up.

I don't think so. I probably would've recognized Johnny Crawford, as I used to watch "The Rifleman." I watched the Mickey Mouse Club, but mostly for Spin and Marty, not the actual Mouseketeers. Speaking of which, I definitely would have recognized Tim Considine. He and Tommy Kirk (The Hardy Boys) were my first crushes.

I'm watching this video now, on which the Mouseketeers count down by name (starts @ 2:30). I'm thinking it might have been Johnny.

OMG. That IS Johnny Crawford. Probably not him.

I'm sure he'll be back in a Jiffey.

This is so sad. Maybe that woman will get it on the news.....

R40 - I was a big fan, too, but I didn't recognize Tim Considine when I met him in the early 2010's....maybe because he was so short....wikipedia says 5'9" - but seemed about 5'5" to me....

It sounds very much as though Dennis committed suicide.

I wonder if Rochester knows anything.

Still a mystery

Please someone help

That's pretty freaky

They should ask Mary Livingston.

I hope it wasn't a hookup gone wrong. I don't mean to stereotype, being gay myself and resenting the insinuations that we're all sex-obsessed ho-bags who will put out for anyone male who will say yes, but we have to consider all possibilities.

A lot of the boy "mouseketeers" ping in that countdown clip

Oh please,the meth addict killed him . Dennis didnt even want the guy in their house,so as soon as Ernie was out of the way Meth head killed him. I bet he stole all their valuables while at their house alone. Poor old soul.

r53, that's what I thought, too

It really sounds like the methhead who'd moved in killed Dennis after Ernie was taken to the hospital, Dennis didn't want the methhead there and probably tried to throw the bum out once it was just the two of them in the house, and the methhead sold Dennis and Ernie's car for drug money. But with no sign of Dennis and Ernie too deep into dementia to be of help, the police aren't moving against the methhead because there's no evidence a crime has taken place.

This world is a dangerous place for eldergays. Their families were no help, the hired help has probably committed murder and theft, and the police aren't doing squat for the gay citizens of the community.

This does seem like a "Forensic Files" in the making. Very sad, I hope Dennis is found soon, that Ernie fully recovers, and they both go on for many more years of married bliss.

r55 the world is a dangerous place for everybody now. All the attention on the "opioid epidemic" when the real issue is meth. Oxy addicts don't stay up for three days on the pipe, getting paranoid, planning elaborate crimes and going psychotic.

On another note, is it bad that DL has corrupted me to the point I immediately pictured a seedy motel room with flashing lights and a fisted grandpa?

Bump for eldergays

It is scary out there. There is so much hostility in the world right now and there is hostility toward the eldergays.

Bumping for Dennis

Was the Dennis Day from the Jack Benny show also gay? He seemed it on the show.

Lenny Bruce always accurately described Annette Funicello as "the Mouseketeer with tits."

DL fave Ann Blythe was married to the Jack Benny Dennis Day's brother for years and years and I think the Day bros had about 37 kids between them. Good Catholic boys.

Police just found a body inside his house :-(

Link

They never looked in the fucking house?

It's a small town police force---probably more Barney Fife than Joe Friday.

WTF? Those ridiculous keystone cops didn't search his home(s) or notify his relatives? They need to be fired asap.....and sued by the family. Unbelievable.

You need a warrant to search a house.

^Then you get one when someone is missing and you are investigating their disappearance. Duh.

By the way, did you know we have rats in the cellar?

[quote]You need a warrant to search a house.

You only need a warrant if the homeowner doesn’t give permission and to search for evidence of a crime. You don’t need a warrant to check for a person in the house, specifically if one is reported missing. It’s one of the first things done when a child is reported missing in case they went somewhere to hide for some reason.

Maybe he was a hoarder ? This is sad.

R71, he wasn't a child

Nobody said he was r73. What does that have to do with anything?

R74, r71 was talking about missing children

R75, I am r71. I wasn’t talking about missing children. I used that as an example that as soon as someone (anyone, man woman or child) goes missing the police look in the house, usually with the owners permission and without a warrant.

So, in other words, you WRRE talking about missing children?

Now it’s time to say goodbye...

He may have been found!

R79, why didn’t you shout “BREAKING!!!!”?

I mean, it’s only about 9 hours ago that we found this out, but that’s OK. You know, don’t read the thread or anything silly like that.

Holy shit. He's dead.

They searched his house before, and didn't find anything. If he's been missing all this time, where was the body during the previous search?

Can’t imagine what kind of shape the body is in after all this time.

This is such a sad story

RIP Dennis

This breaks my heart.

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You have to wonder what happened. Did he go to get away from the stress and happened to die, or was it suicide? Was he murdered in the home?

The cops really bungled this one. Searching his other properties should have been one of the first things they did.

Well, some people said he "gave" them his car. I would start with them.

So where has the husband been all this time. Is he in a nursing home now? I can't believe he'd still be in the hospital. Did he never return to the home after he went to the hospital when Day was first reported missing?

The overall media reporting on this case is abysmally inadequate.

They said the body was found at a house he owns. Sounds like it was another home, not his primary residence.

[quote]Can’t imagine what kind of shape the body is in after all this time.

Not to mention the stench.

Now we may never know what killed him. Was it homicide, suicide, did he just die naturally? With the state of decomposition, it may be impossible for the coroner to tell.

Bad police work; bad reporting; stupid people.

They'll probably chalk it up to 'gay suicide' and absolve themselves.

[quote]They searched his house before, and didn't find anything. If he's been missing all this time, where was the body during the previous search?

They missed it.. It's easy to hide a body

r87, spoken like a true idiot. I'm guessing your IQ is in the 10 to 15 range.

The body found in his home was confirmed to be him :-(

Updates

bumping

Another AIDS death covered up.

No, not AIDS

Don't know if this was posted in another thread or not.

Ah, the handyman has finally been arrested. Took long enough.

Even if it was, r101, it wasn’t posted here, so thanks.