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Feb 9, 2020 · The year is 1974: 33-year-old Robert Opel, looking for all the world like a fit David Crosby, streaks naked past David Niven, who was about to introduce Elizabeth Taylor.
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- Alex Heigl
Streaking incident at the 1974 Oscars. On April 2, 1974, Opel apparently posed as a journalist to gain entry to the stage at the 46th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. He ran naked past David Niven flashing a peace sign while Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor .
- Photographer, art gallery owner
- July 7, 1979 (age 39), San Francisco, California, United States
- Robert Oppel, October 23, 1939, East Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Streaking incident at the 46th Academy Awards ceremony
Jan 30, 2023 · Years later, his son David Niven, Jr., posited that his father would have been “prepared with a line.” But Niven’s other son, Jamie, told me, “No, no. That was spontaneous.”
Mar 11, 2024 · Who Was the David Niven Oscar Streaker in 1974? Credit: Oscars YouTube. Back in 1974, a photographer and LGBTQ activist made history by running across the stage in his birthday suit and...
On April 4, 1974, while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to present the Best Picture gong, a man suddenly streaked across the stage, flashing a peace sign… and a whole lot more. The...
Feb 21, 2019 · The tragic story of David Niven’s Oscar streaker. Robert Opel made Oscars history by baring all in 1974. Lucy Davies explains why the gay activist and conceptual artist was so much more...
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Feb 25, 2014 · In the ensuing uproar, it fell to co-host David Niven, a debonair Brit best known for his portrayal of Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, to keep things moving along.
