Who is Richard Coles?
Richard Coles whose full name is Richard Keith Robert Coles is an English writer, radio presenter and retired Church of England priest who was the vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire from 2011 to 2022.
Coles learned to play the saxophone, clarinet and keyboards and moved to London in 1980, where he played in theatre.
In 1983, he appeared with Jimmy Somerville in the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts which won the Grierson Award. Coles joined Bronski Beat (initially on saxophone) in 1983.
Somerville left Bronski Beat and in 1985 he and Coles formed the Communards who were together for just over three years and had three UK top 10 hits, including the biggest-selling single of 1986, a version of “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, which was at number one for four weeks. The band split in 1988 and Somerville went solo.
Who Is Richard Coles age and birth date?
Richard Coles was born on March 1962, he is currently 60 years old. He was born in Northampton, England.
Coles grandfather was a prosperous shoe manufacturer. The company failed under Coles’s father because of the increasing popularity of cheaper foreign imports and the family lost much of their wealth.
Richard Coles Partner
Coles is gay, The first person who Coles came out to was his mother, in 1978, when he was 16. He played her Tom Robinson’s “Glad to Be Gay” four times before she said “Darling, are you trying to tell me something?”
Coles has spoken about the “mental crisis” that he suffered following his coming out, which ultimately led to him attempting suicide and being diagnosed with clinical depression.
Coles lived with his partner, David Coles (né Oldham), in an asserted celibate relationship until the latter’s death in December 2019.
Following the death, Coles says he had received hate mail claiming that his partner is in hell. The Church of England has allowed priests to enter a civil partnership since 2005 and Richard and David entered into one in 2010.
Coles later revealed that the relationship wasn’t celibate but he had to promise celibacy in order to maintain his job as a vicar.
Richard Coles net worth
Richard Coles net worth is estimated to be $1.3 Million as of 2022.
Richard Coles twitter
Richard Coles is on twitter as @RevRichardColes. Currently he has 3,236 Following
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