Lynne was born in 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio. Enormously popular female impersonator of the 50's-70's whose first big break was Kay Thompson's much-publicized lawsuit seeking to ban his lampoon of her act. Though white, he was best known for his Pearl Bailey, often billed as "the boy with the Pearl Bailey personality." He was emphatic that his 1982 death of AIDS related complications be publicized and announced to promote public awareness of the then unknown epidemic.