found: New York times (online), viewed June 3, 2015(in obituary published June 2: Jim Bailey; b. James William Bailey, Jan. 10, 1938, Philadelphia; d. Saturday [May 30, 2015], Los Angeles, aged 77; actor and singer who specialized in performing in drag, especially in the guise of pop divas like Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand; often called a female impersonator--a label that, with some justification, irked him; referred to himself as an illusionist or a character actor, arguing that his many concert and cabaret performances were the equivalent of Hal Holbrook's one-man show as Mark Twain or Robert Morse's as Truman Capote; in addition to singers, he also "did" other celebrities; became Marilyn Monroe for a photo shoot, and in original stage plays took on the roles of Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead)
