And this whole time I thought he didn’t get married because he hadn’t found the right woman yet.
Born Barry Alan Pincus in 1943 and raised by his single mother Edna Manilow, in Brooklyn, Manilow knew early on his first love was music. His second love was his high school sweetheart Susan Deixler. I was in love with Susan, says Manilow of the woman he married after graduating high school, I just was not ready for marriage. The star maintains he wasnt struggling with his sexuality at the time of their one-year matrimony. I was out making music every night, sowing my wild oats I was too young. I wasnt ready to settle down.
http://people.com/music/barry-manilow-hid-sexuality-thought-being-gay-would-disappoint-fans/