On Tuesday night I scoured the Internet looking for on-the-record references to Mahoney’s sexuality so I could write an obit that didn’t feel awkward or include a disastrous line like “lifelong bachelor” or “he never married or had kids.” I’d heard plenty of times that Mahoney was gay but not officially out: Sometimes the story was he had a partner. But I was more saddened by the fact that he never felt comfortable being public about his sexuality.
