Crisp was the role model (and appears in the music video) for Sting's 1988 single "Englishman in New York", which includes the lyric "be yourself no matter what they say". Sting described Crisp in an interview as "one of the most courageous men I've...
[when asked if he had any speaking engagements planned for his 100th birthday] "I should hope I'll be dead by then."
Capricorn
Denis Charles Pratt
Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK
(age 90)
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK