Music turned into Love

When John Mace first saw Richard Dorr, his “ heart went pitter pat .”
They met in the 1950s as students at Julliard where their shared
love for music turned into love for each other. John had been
married before, so Richard helped raise John’s son Paul. When Paul
died in 1983 in a car accident, they helped each other through the
grieving.
For many years, they had to hide the truth of their affections from
the world. For decades, the couple stayed together despite country-
wide homophobia, and in 2011, the couple rejoiced when New York
legalized gay marriage . The couple celebrated by showing family,
friends, and reporters their relationship by spending the weekend
performing love songs in their apartment.
Sixty-one years after their paths first crossed, John Mace, 84, and
Richard Dorr, 91, wed in a quiet ceremony in June 2011.