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2. nypost.com › 2020/02/09 › the-life-and-tragic-deathThe life and tragic death of infamous Oscars streaker Robert Opel

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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. After the laughter...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_OpelRobert Opel - Wikipedia

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   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 .

   • Occupation(s): Photographer, art gallery owner
   • Died: July 7, 1979 (age 39), San Francisco, California, United States

   • Born: Robert Oppel, October 23, 1939, East Orange, New Jersey, United States
   • Known for: Streaking incident at the 46th Academy Awards ceremony

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   Mar 30, 2015 · Host David Niven gets a surprise while introducing Elizabeth Taylor at the 46th Academy Awards. Watch more of the 1974 Oscars: https://www.youtube.com/playli...

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5. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/02/06What Became of the Oscar Streaker? | The New Yorker

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   Jan 30, 2023 · David Niven, sharing hosting duties with Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, and John Huston, introduced Hepburn with the line “To conceal the identity of our next presenter has called for a security...

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7. uk.movies.yahoo.com › the-tragic-story-behind-theThe Tragic Story Behind The Infamous Oscar Streaker

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   The Tragic Story Behind The Infamous Oscar Streaker. It’s perhaps the funniest Oscar moment of all time. On April 4, 1974, while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to present the...

8. epicstream.com › article › david-niven-oscar-streakerWho Was the Streaker behind David Niven at the 1974 Oscars?

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   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...

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   What became the Oscar streaker?

   • What Became of the Oscar Streaker? After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene, in the orbit of Robert Mapplethorpe and Harvey Milk. After the streaker sped by, David Niven was ready with a quip about the man “showing his shortcomings.”

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   Did David Niven show his shortcomings?

   • After the streaker sped by, David Niven was ready with a quip about the man “showing his shortcomings.” Illustration by Tyler Comrie; Source photographs Steven Errico / Getty (living room); AP (streaker) Late in the evening on April 2, 1974, the forty-sixth Academy Awards had already secured their place in the history books.

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   Why was streaking a good idea?

   • Streaking was an irreverent attack on social mores, or an escape from the stresses of Watergate and inflation. Or it was a fun-house mirror of the guerrilla warfare in Vietnam: spontaneous, low-tech, and disruptive. Or maybe it was just a fun thing for college kids to do.

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10. ew.com › oscars › 2018/02/20The naked, surprising, and tragic truth about the 1974 Oscars ...

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    Feb 20, 2018 · Robert Opel was the naked man who ran across the stage behind David Niven at the 1974 Academy Awards. He was a gay rights activist, a performance artist, and a victim of a fatal robbery in 1979.