While recognition of his theater work seldom came without mention of his X-rated past, Wrangler told the Post he had no regrets. Jack Wrangler 1992 Gay Erotic Video Awards winner, 'Hall of fame'. Jack Radcliffe American gay pornographic actor is considered an icon of gay bear subculture. He also created and directed a show pairing Mercer songs with excerpts from 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' John Berendt's best-selling book about a murder in Mercer's hometown of Savannah, Ga. Jack Mackenroth American HIV activist and Project Runway contestant who began his pornographic career through OnlyFans in early 2018. He was credited with conceiving 'Dream,' a 1997 Broadway revue of Mercer songs that featured Whiting. He got out of porn after meeting Whiting and turned his attention to theater and cabaret, crafting Whiting's cabaret acts and several shows around the legacy of songwriter Johnny Mercer, who had fostered her career.
Nonetheless, Wrangler told the Chicago Tribune in 1985 that the two 'see things the same way, comically, professionally and romantically.' The pair eventually married. Their romance turned tabloid heads: Whiting, who survives him, is 22 years his senior, and Wrangler continued to describe himself as gay. He met Whiting, a big-band era singer whose hits include 'That Old Black Magic' and 'Moonlight in Vermont,' in the 1970s.