It’s sad that he never felt comfortable revealing who he really was when he was alive, but better late than never.
Are you sure? I think after death really is too late.
I mean, he could’ve taken it to the grave with him instead of making sure the world found out after he was gone.
Why does it matter if we know or not?
What matters is if he was comfortable with it in himself, and presumably by keeping it secret he struggled. Telling us now doesn’t encourage others to come out sooner, and more importantly, why let us know at all? It’s none of our business.
I guess I am contradicting myself. Maybe I’m not explaining myself very well.
It does put a weird twist on his arrest, though.
That it does.
There were people who never realized this?!? 
Why should anyone care other than that he was funny as all hell?
I don’t think anyone is surprised.
Why would we realize this? Are you saying there’s something to gaydar after all? That you can tell just by looking? Interesting.
I guess it really is no surprise that he remained silent. His TV show was geared toward children, and we have witnessed how certain segments of our populace treats gay people who have the audacity to be anywhere near children. Being tarred with the terms “pedophile” and “groomer” would have been awful for him.
You’re easily intrigued.
Though the show went to some interesting places, sexuality-acceptance-wise….
I have an innate and strong sense of curiosity.
Getting caught with downloaded kiddy porn*, if gay, would have been much worse for him than it already was.
*inadvertent, according to him, which I believe.
Honestly, since he didn’t come out by the time he was solidly in the entertainment legend who doesn’t need to do anything but be himself-era, I just assumed he was Ace.
I had no idea, nor did I really find myself all that curious about the topic. This reminds of Werner Herzog, who went many years not thinking about or realizing John Waters is gay.
Very cute story:
Paul Reubens was gay, but Pee-wee was definitely straight, After all, he was on The Dating Game!
That was my assumption as well.