Gay icon Kensington of AIDS-related illnesses (bronchial pneumonia). Artists particularly embraced by the gay community during the 1980s included Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Alaska, Charo, Dolly Parton, Elaine Paige, Amanda Lear, Prince and Mylène Farmer. Several Britons were seen as gay icons, including singers Boy George, David Bowie, George Michael, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, and writer Quentin Crisp. Elton John also became a gay icon during this decade, a status strengthened throughout the years. Diana Ross, a long time gay icon, of The Supremes; released a song I'm Coming Out which brought a significance to the phrase of
James Thompson (civil servant) officiate temporarily as the Viceroy of India. In 1908, Thompson was nominated to the council of the Secretary of State for India. Thompson was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the year 1904. Thompson married Charlotte Georgina Grant, the eldest daughter of William White Grant in 1873. James Thompson (civil servant) Sir James Thompson (6 July 18481929) was a British civil servant and administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 April 1904 to 13 December 1904. James Thompson was born in 1848 to John Thomson in Cults, Aberdeenshire. He had