The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Page #2

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-Okay.

When was the last time you saw her alive?

We saw her before the Fourth of July.

-Monday? Tuesday?

-I don't know what day that was.

It was during the week.

She stopped by our house

and I took him to the train station.

-He got on the train and that was it.

-[Victoria] Okay.

Next thing we know, we got a phone call

saying that he was dead.

Yeah, we sure did.

We went to New York and everything.

[Victoria] And did you request

to see the body or no?

My sister asked, they told her no.

They couldn't.

They're not allowed to do that.

Okay.

This is the letter that we requested

in order to get the autopsy report,

toxicology report

and the pictures, if some were taken.

And hopefully, we can bring

some closure to her case.

Because to me, she was the Rosa Parks

of the LGBT movement.

-You miss her?

-Yes, I miss him.

[Robert] He adopted the name

of Marsha "Pay It No Mind."

[Victoria] Pay it no mind.

That's your problem, not mine.

[all laughing]

[Robert] Anything he did,

he'd have you laughing.

When he told us stories,

we didn't believe him.

I'd tell him, "You're lying.

You didn't know Andy Warhol.

-You didn't know those people."

-[Victoria] Yes, she did!

She knew a lot of famous people.

She was famous herself.

Well, she told us. We...

I didn't believe her.

I thought he was joking.

Only thing that Marsha couldn't do

was sing.

-Horrible. Horrible.

-[Jean] No, no. No.

[all laughing]

He could not sing.

[Jimmy Camicia] And now,

ladies and gentlemen...

Miss Marsha P. Johnson!

[audience cheering and applauding]

It sent Zelda to the nuthouse

It sent Scott into a drink

It sent Caesar, Cleopatra

And caused Ilium to sink

[audience laughing]

Now let's not be pessimistic

I say love is worth a try

Make no mistake, unless it's fake

The price you pay is high

The price you pay is high

The price you pay is...

High

[audience cheering and applauding]

[man] Encore! Encore!

-[Victoria] Hi, Randy. Remember me?

-[Randy Wicker] Hi.

Yes. You look very familiar.

-Yes. How are you? I like your shirt.

-Fine. And yourself?

You got the same button, huh?

-Yeah, how do you like that?

-How are you?

-Well, come on in the living room.

-Okay.

[Randy] As you see,

Marsha's a big part of my life.

[Victoria] Yes, I know.

In my opinion, I want that picture someday

to be in the Schomburg Museum.

They call her "Andy Warhol model,

prostitute, starring actress and saint."

-Where'd you meet Marsha?

-Uh...

I had a kid who lived with me,

who was like an adopted son, Roy.

That's a picture of Roy and Marsha

right there.

And one night, it was, like,

five degrees outside.

He said, "Could Marsha come

and sleep on the living room floor?"

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