#4 Bernstein, at one time, was a secret member of the Communist Party USA. It was uncovered by a FOIA request, possibly by Cliff Kincaid and either Accuracy in Media or his own organization USAsurvival.org.
Lennie was Red Rat besides being a talented musical personality.
And a homo in the closet with a beard.
Leonard Bernstein was forced to leave his position as conductor of the NY Philharmonic.
The board gave him a choice: Either announce he was leaving or it would be exposed that he was a raging homosexual who couldn’t stop going after members of his own orchestra.
He left, even though as a conductor he drew audiences.
Similar to the case of Jim Brown, the great football player.
The Cleveland Browns told Jim Brown he either had to retire or it would be exposed that he mistreated women, putting out cigarettes on their backs, and mistreating, torturing them in various sick ways.
The complaints were so constant that the situation had reached the point where the team management felt they could no longer cover it up.
Jim Brown announced his retirement, even though he could have played longer.