Kurt Deitrick moved Freddie to the backyard to photograph him in natural light. Some readers will recognize this location used by Bruce for many of his models.
Kurt Deitrick moved Freddie to the backyard to photograph him in natural light. Some readers will recognize this location used by Bruce for many of his models.
Kurt Dietrick was a stage name for a Man named Kent Lee Schlesselmen who had a Mother with the maiden last name of Dietrick. He was listed as living in Los Alamitos California (the city where the Bruce of LA home was located) in 2014 when he passed away at age 78. He would have been about 39 years old in 1974 when Bellas died.
ReplyDeleteScotty Cunningham (Bellas's lover/partner) was a stage name for Steve Buono. When Bruce died in 1974 STEVE BUONO vanished from physique photography. He literally vanished. STEVE would sell his inheritance and the Bellas home to Kurt Deitrick who ran Kensington Road for 3 years or so before closing down. Steve Buono did not even attend the funeral for Bruce Bellas. Kensington Road was 100% the work of Kurt Deitrick who was really Kent Lee Schlesselmen.
Kent Lee Kurt Dietrick Schlesselmen lived at 11762 Kensington Rd.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137222415/kent-lee-schlesselman
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR81-PFD
Bruce Bellas and Kent Lee Schlesselman are both buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. As to Steve Buono he would be 77 if he is still living but I assume that he may have taken a different name after 1974. No one really knows.
ReplyDeleteCambria, thank you for Bruce's information. Through marriages, he's my 8th cousin. Links:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198560693/bruce-harry-bellas
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G9D1-M61
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ReplyDeleteOne more link for Bruce of L.A.: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bellas-92
ReplyDeleteKurt Dietrick AKA Kent Lee Schlesselmen was related to Bruce Bellas. This would make sense. Because before Kurt Dietrick bought the Bellas home he lived a few doors away with his Mother in Los Alamitos in another home. That was not a coincidence. Great job Jim on the research.
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