Elton comes out
In July, as the tall ships blew in to New York Harbor celebrating the country’s 200th Anniversary, a team of Israeli commandos flew into Entebbe Airport under the nose of Uganda’s Idi Amin, guns blazing, freeing hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers. Once again proving you don’t fuck with Israel. In Canada, the Montreal Olympics were launched, where Bruce Jenner would win decathlon gold, and appropriately my cover that month included a picture of good-looking blonde Canadian agent, Doug Brown. Sex role’s evolving as surgically reassigned Rene Richards, tried to enter the U.S. Open as a woman, and Elton John admitted his ‘bisexuality’ in Rolling Stone. Then everyone got confused watching Saturday Night Live’s Joe Cocker/John Belushi duet, unable to tell ‘which was real and which was Memorex.’