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	<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''Billy Byars, Jr.''' (1936-), owner of [[Lyric International]], producer of ''[[The Genesis Children]]'', partner to pornographer [[Guy Strait]], friend of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], key figure in "the first [[child pornography]] [[ring]] ... brought to public view", perpetual footnote in Kennedy assassination theories, is a fascinating figure. And also a public figure, which permits his discussion here. Mr. Byars is of primary interest here as the owner of Lyric. Many of Lyric's reputedly 90 magazines and many movies still circulate on the Internet. Photographed by [[Harlan 'Slim' Pfeiffer]], many were filmed in Mr. Byars's home - also the Lyric studio - and around [[the pool with the cinderblock walls]] in his backyard. While Lyric's films featured extensive nudity of boys and young men, Lyric's catalog featured only "[[physique]]" photography and never pornography. However, two of the "Lyric boys" who played around Byars's pool later found their way into the bed - or at least the limousine - of the Director of the FBI.		<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''Billy Byars, Jr.''' (1936-), owner of [[Lyric International]], producer of ''[[The Genesis Children]]'', partner to pornographer [[Guy Strait]], friend of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], key figure in "the first [[child pornography]] [[ring]] ... brought to public view", perpetual footnote in Kennedy assassination theories, is a fascinating figure. And also a public figure, which permits his discussion here. Mr. Byars is of primary interest here as the owner of Lyric. Many of Lyric's reputedly 90 magazines and many movies still circulate on the Internet. Photographed by [[Harlan 'Slim' Pfeiffer]], many were filmed in Mr. Byars's home - also the Lyric studio - and around [[the pool with the cinderblock walls]] in his backyard. While Lyric's films featured extensive nudity of boys and young men, Lyric's catalog featured only "[[physique]]" photography and never pornography. However, two of the "Lyric boys" who played around Byars's pool later found their way into the bed - or at least the limousine - of the Director of the FBI.
	==Adopted with a silver spoon in his mouth ==		==Adopted with a silver spoon in his mouth ==
	Billy Goebel Byars, Jr. was born in Texas in August, 1936 and adopted through the Edna Gladney Foundation in Fort Worth by oil man [[Billy Byars, Sr.]] and his wife, Emily.<ref name=Swisher1972>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref>		Billy Goebel Byars, Jr. was born in Texas in August, 1936 and adopted through the Edna Gladney Foundation in Fort Worth by oil man [[Billy Byars, Sr.]] and his wife, Emily.<ref name="Swisher1972">Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18. Available in the media depository, https://www.boywiki.org/media/File:Generating_Genesis.pdf</ref>

	While his birth certificate says "William G. Byars" and newspaper reports on the Lyric scandal, when he was out of the country, call him "William", when he is able to give his own name, and in other legal papers, he is always "Billy". His father is "Billy" on his death certificate.		While his birth certificate says "William G. Byars" and newspaper reports on the Lyric scandal, when he was out of the country, call him "William", when he is able to give his own name, and in other legal papers, he is always "Billy". His father is "Billy" on his death certificate.

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	'''Billy Byars, Jr.''' (1936-), owner of [[Lyric International]], producer of ''[[The Genesis Children]]'', partner to pornographer [[Guy Strait]], friend of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], key figure in "the first [[child pornography]] [[ring]] ... brought to public view", perpetual footnote in Kennedy assassination theories, is a fascinating figure. And also a public figure, which permits his discussion here. Mr. Byars is of primary interest here as the owner of Lyric. Many of Lyric's reputedly 90 magazines and many movies still circulate on the Internet. Photographed by [[Harlan 'Slim' Pfeiffer]], many were filmed in Mr. Byars's home - also the Lyric studio - and around [[the pool with the cinderblock walls]] in his backyard. While Lyric's films featured extensive nudity of boys and young men, Lyric's catalog featured only "[[physique]]" photography and never pornography. However, two of the "Lyric boys" who played around Byars's pool later found their way into the bed - or at least the limousine - of the Director of the FBI.		<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''Billy Byars, Jr.''' (1936-), owner of [[Lyric International]], producer of ''[[The Genesis Children]]'', partner to pornographer [[Guy Strait]], friend of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], key figure in "the first [[child pornography]] [[ring]] ... brought to public view", perpetual footnote in Kennedy assassination theories, is a fascinating figure. And also a public figure, which permits his discussion here. Mr. Byars is of primary interest here as the owner of Lyric. Many of Lyric's reputedly 90 magazines and many movies still circulate on the Internet. Photographed by [[Harlan 'Slim' Pfeiffer]], many were filmed in Mr. Byars's home - also the Lyric studio - and around [[the pool with the cinderblock walls]] in his backyard. While Lyric's films featured extensive nudity of boys and young men, Lyric's catalog featured only "[[physique]]" photography and never pornography. However, two of the "Lyric boys" who played around Byars's pool later found their way into the bed - or at least the limousine - of the Director of the FBI.
	==Adopted with a silver spoon in his mouth ==		==Adopted with a silver spoon in his mouth ==
	Billy Goebel Byars, Jr. was born in Texas in August, 1936 and adopted through the Edna Gladney Foundation in Fort Worth by oil man [[Billy Byars, Sr.]] and his wife, Emily.<ref name=Swisher1972>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref>		Billy Goebel Byars, Jr. was born in Texas in August, 1936 and adopted through the Edna Gladney Foundation in Fort Worth by oil man [[Billy Byars, Sr.]] and his wife, Emily.<ref name=Swisher1972>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref>

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	Tyler is in the eastern, green part of Texas, the closest major city being Shreveport, Louisiana.		Tyler is in the eastern, green part of Texas, the closest major city being Shreveport, Louisiana.

	Byars is quoted as describing his mother "an elegant but colorful woman" of Irish descent.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> The family businesses included not only oil, but the Byars Royal Oaks Farm in Tyler, where the elder Byars bred champion cattle.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100409064053/http://eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1101.cfm Eisenhower, Dwight D. Personal To Billy G. Byars, 7 October 1954]. In ''The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower'', ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1101. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996</ref> The Byars family includes a sister who continued raising cattle.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> In 2003 there were still Byars breeding champion cattle.		Byars is quoted as describing his mother as "an elegant but colorful woman" of Irish descent.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> The family businesses included not only oil, but the Byars Royal Oaks Farm in Tyler, where the elder Byars bred champion cattle.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100409064053/http://eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1101.cfm Eisenhower, Dwight D. Personal To Billy G. Byars, 7 October 1954]. In ''The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower'', ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1101. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996</ref> The Byars family includes a sister who continued raising cattle.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> In 2003 there were still Byars breeding champion cattle.

	Billy Jr. was also fond of telling people that his biological parents were of Russian royalty, however local Tyler, Texas residents contend he was the son of a coffee shop waitress and a lonesome trucker.<ref name=Bear2009>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.motss/3Bq0xnS8o4c Usenet Post] by Edward Bear/[[User:Ballog\|Ballog]]] on Genesis Children. Ballog interviewed Genesis Children director Anthony Aikman in 2006</ref>		Billy Jr. was also fond of telling people that his biological parents were of Russian royalty, however local Tyler, Texas residents contend he was the son of a coffee shop waitress and a lonesome trucker.<ref name=Bear2009>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.motss/3Bq0xnS8o4c Usenet Post] by Edward Bear/[[User:Ballog\|Ballog]]] on Genesis Children. Ballog interviewed Genesis Children director Anthony Aikman in 2006</ref>
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	Mr. Byars himself was a sometime photographer. ''[[Zipper]]'' magazine, a Hollywood publication which billed itself as “Art/Entertainment For Men” included in its February 1972 issue the pictorial “Photographer of the Month: Billy Byars.”		Mr. Byars himself was a sometime photographer. ''[[Zipper]]'' magazine, a Hollywood publication which billed itself as “Art/Entertainment For Men” included in its February 1972 issue the pictorial “Photographer of the Month: Billy Byars.”

	Something more ~~that~~ being "one of the biggest" is needed to explain the frequency with which Lyric's films and photographs circulate even today. Perhaps it was the quality of Pfeiffer's photography, which transcends the genre, or the choice of models, or the beauty of the settings. Pfeiffer's camera captured a swimming pool full of splashing boys, high above Los Angeles and in the hazy distance the sea, and made those summer afternoons eternal.		Something more than being "one of the biggest" is needed to explain the frequency with which Lyric's films and photographs circulate even today. Perhaps it was the quality of Pfeiffer's photography, which transcends the genre, or the choice of models, or the beauty of the settings. Pfeiffer's camera captured a swimming pool full of splashing boys, high above Los Angeles and in the hazy distance the sea, and made those summer afternoons eternal.

	== Byars and the Lyric boys ==		== Byars and the Lyric boys ==
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	Lyric came to an end in late 1973, in a scandal that the [[Meese Commission]] later called "the first child pornography ring ... brought to public view."<ref>[https://ia801903.us.archive.org/13/items/finalreportofatt00unit/finalreportofatt00unit.pdf Attorney General's Commission on Pornography: final report.] Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice (1986) Chapter 11, p. 131)</ref>		Lyric came to an end in late 1973, in a scandal that the [[Meese Commission]] later called "the first child pornography ring ... brought to public view."<ref>[https://ia801903.us.archive.org/13/items/finalreportofatt00unit/finalreportofatt00unit.pdf Attorney General's Commission on Pornography: final report.] Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice (1986) Chapter 11, p. 131)</ref>
	The ''Los Angeles Times'' article about the arrests was titled "14 Men Indicted in Sex Movies Featuring Boys Ages 6 to 17: Son of Actress, Heir to Oil Fortune, [[YMCA]] Counselor, Scoutmaster, Schoolteacher Among Those Facing Charges".<ref name=Farr1973a>Farr, William. "14 Men Indicted in Sex Movies Featuring Boys Ages 6 to 17". ''Los Angeles Times'' 27 Oct 1973, p. B1, B8</ref>		The ''Los Angeles Times'' article about the arrests was titled "14 Men Indicted in Sex Movies Featuring Boys Ages 6 to 17: Son of Actress, Heir to Oil Fortune, [[YMCA]] Counselor, Scoutmaster, Schoolteacher Among Those Facing Charges".<ref name=Farr1973a>Farr, William. "14 Men Indicted in Sex Movies Featuring Boys Ages 6 to 17". ''Los Angeles Times'' 27 Oct 1973, p. B1, B8</ref>
	The "Heir to Oil Fortune" was Billy Byars, Jr. and the "Son of Actress" a Lyric producer. As the policy of the ''Los Angeles Times'' was then to not index criminal justice proceedings, it is difficult to determine just what happened to the fourteen accused. A later story confirms that the first of the accused to go to trial ("YMCA Counselor") was acquitted after a full day of jury deliberation, and that two others had pled guilty. A jury deliberated four days before convicting D.M.Y, accused on nine counts, although one of the two thirteen-year-old victims testified that he had been dangled over a cliff by two policemen who insisted he name men with whom he had had sex. (Lloyd, ''supra'', p. 151) also <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050219002356/http://www.paedosexualitaet.de/exp/cliffsrc.html online summary] based on articles in ''Advocate''</ref>. The defendant in that case received a $500 fine.[''L.A. Times'', May 31, 1974, p. E4. Online summary only consulted]		The "Heir to Oil Fortune" was Billy Byars, Jr. and the "Son of Actress" a Lyric producer. As the policy of the ''Los Angeles Times'' was then to not index criminal justice proceedings, it is difficult to determine just what happened to the fourteen accused. A later story confirms that the first of the accused to go to trial ("YMCA Counselor") was acquitted after a full day of jury deliberation, and that two others had pled guilty. A jury deliberated four days before convicting D.M.Y, accused on nine counts, although one of the two thirteen-year-old victims testified that he had been dangled over a cliff by two policemen who insisted he name men with whom he had had sex. (Lloyd, ''supra'', p. 151) also <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050219002356/http://www.paedosexualitaet.de/exp/cliffsrc.html online summary] based on articles in ''Advocate''</ref>. The defendant in that case received a $500 fine. [''L.A. Times'', May 31, 1974, p. E4. Online summary only consulted]

	While the Meese commission and the ''Los Angeles Times'' both refer to films of child pornography, the news article says that the accused were charged not with child pornography, but with molesting children. It says "One confiscated film shows the boys playing nude on a beach believed to be near Corpus Christi."<ref name=Farr1973a /> Lyric did produce such a film, [[Summer Freedom]] but perhaps no charges were filed based on the film because it was not pornographic under California law.		While the Meese commission and the ''Los Angeles Times'' both refer to films of child pornography, the news article says that the accused were charged not with child pornography, but with molesting children. It says "One confiscated film shows the boys playing nude on a beach believed to be near Corpus Christi."<ref name=Farr1973a /> Lyric did produce such a film, [[Summer Freedom]] but perhaps no charges were filed based on the film because it was not pornographic under California law.

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	Billy Byars, Jr. ~~is of medium height with~~ dark, thinning hair: photos after 1970 show a rising hairline and expanding waistline. While there are a vast number of photos of the "Lyric Boys", photos of Byars seem to be limited to early photos in his hometown newspaper, photos in the LIFE magazine archives where he's not identified, and some snapshots during the filming of ''The Genesis Children''.		Billy Byars, Jr. had dark, thinning hair: photos after 1970 show a rising hairline and expanding waistline. While there are a vast number of photos of the "Lyric Boys", photos of Byars seem to be limited to early photos in his hometown newspaper, photos in the LIFE magazine archives where he's not identified, and some snapshots during the filming of ''The Genesis Children''.

	The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. ''Genesis Children'' sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, and posted a series of VHS-quality YouTube slideshow videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Dulaney has other photos that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson, and a close-up of Byars alone.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRTqxU_eXZc&t=588s</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch.		The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. ''Genesis Children'' sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, and posted a series of VHS-quality YouTube slideshow videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Dulaney has other photos that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson, and a close-up of Byars alone.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRTqxU_eXZc&t=588s</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch.
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	He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref>		He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref>

	Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s 1954 stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is the elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959, Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.		Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s 1954 stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is the elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959, Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr. In these photos he is one of the tallest in each crowd where he appears.

	== Photography of enduring quality ==		== Photography of enduring quality ==

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	A search of online public school yearbooks from Tyler, Texas does not find Byars. The leading Catholic high school in the city was founded only in 1955, when Byars would have been 18.<ref>[https://www.bishopgorman.net/about/history/ Bishop Gorman school history]</ref> Byars's sister "attended school in St. Louis, Mo., and in the East for three years" which suggests Byars may also have attended boarding school.<ref name=RoseQueen />		A search of online public school yearbooks from Tyler, Texas does not find Byars. The leading Catholic high school in the city was founded only in 1955, when Byars would have been 18.<ref>[https://www.bishopgorman.net/about/history/ Bishop Gorman school history]</ref> Byars's sister "attended school in St. Louis, Mo., and in the East for three years" which suggests Byars may also have attended boarding school.<ref name=RoseQueen />

	Although Billy Jr. would often tell people he held various degrees and was a molecular biologist, in truth he only attended MIT for one semester from Sept. 16, 1954 - January 7, 1955 and held no college degree.<ref name=Bear2009 /> Reportedly he was attending the private University of Denver in 1959.<ref name=RoseQueen>"Rose Festival Queen Will Be Betty Byars", Marguerite Hercules, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 8 Feb 1959, Page 36</ref>		Although Billy Jr. would often tell people he held various degrees and was a molecular biologist, in truth he only attended MIT for one semester from Sept. 16, 1954 - January 7, 1955 and held no college degree.<ref name=Bear2009 /> He was back in Tyler, Texas in early 1957, appearing in the local press as the publicity chairman of the East Texas Timing Association, a "hot rod association". <ref>"Auto Show for Polio" [photo caption], ''Tyler Courier-Times'', 3 Feb 1957, Page 7 and "Hot Rodders Organize Timing Association", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' 10 Jan 1957, Page 10</ref> Reportedly he was attending the private University of Denver in 1959.<ref name=RoseQueen>"Rose Festival Queen Will Be Betty Byars", Marguerite Hercules, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 8 Feb 1959, Page 36</ref>

	After dropping out of college, Billy reportedly had a falling out with his father regarding his homosexuality and left his Texas home.<ref name=Bear2009 /> Apparently, Billy and his father somewhat reconciled their differences and in the early 1960s, in his mid twenties, he was still joining his father for annual vacations at Clint Murchison's Del Charo Hotel in San Diego, where they often took the bungalow next to J. Edgar Hoover's.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover \|last=Summers \|first= Anthony \|year=1992 \|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons \|location=New York\|isbn=0-399-13800-5 \|pages=329-330}}</ref>		After dropping out of college, Billy reportedly had a falling out with his father regarding his homosexuality and left his Texas home.<ref name=Bear2009 /> Apparently, Billy and his father somewhat reconciled their differences and in the early 1960s, in his mid twenties, he was still joining his father for annual vacations at Clint Murchison's Del Charo Hotel in San Diego, where they often took the bungalow next to J. Edgar Hoover's.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover \|last=Summers \|first= Anthony \|year=1992 \|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons \|location=New York\|isbn=0-399-13800-5 \|pages=329-330}}</ref>

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	The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, ~~projected the slides~~ and ~~recorded them in VHS, posting the result in~~ a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has other photos that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA , and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRTqxU_eXZc&t=588s</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, ~~Sun ·~~ Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959,Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.		Billy Byars, Jr. is of medium height with dark, thinning hair: photos after 1970 show a rising hairline and expanding waistline. While there are a vast number of photos of the "Lyric Boys", photos of Byars seem to be limited to early photos in his hometown newspaper, photos in the LIFE magazine archives where he's not identified, and some snapshots during the filming of ''The Genesis Children''.

			The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. ''Genesis Children'' sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, and posted a series of VHS-quality YouTube slideshow videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Dulaney has other photos that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson, and a close-up of Byars alone.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRTqxU_eXZc&t=588s</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch.

			He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref>

			Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s 1954 stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is the elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959, Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.

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	The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, projected the slides and recorded them in VHS, posting the result in a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has ~~another photo~~ that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, Sun · Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959,Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.		The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, projected the slides and recorded them in VHS, posting the result in a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has other photos that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA , and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRTqxU_eXZc&t=588s</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, Sun · Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959,Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.

	== Photography of enduring quality ==		== Photography of enduring quality ==

Sneeuwbol: /* At the summit in Los Angeles */ Footnote for 1967 Hollywood date

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At the summit in Los Angeles: Footnote for 1967 Hollywood date

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	== At the summit in Los Angeles ==		== At the summit in Los Angeles ==
	Byars was living in San Francisco at the time of his father's death in 1965<ref name=SrObit>"B.G. Byars Dies Here At Age 64", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' (Tyler, Texas). 7 Oct 1965, Page 1&2</ref>, ~~and in Hollywood by~~ 1967.		Byars was living in San Francisco at the time of his father's death in 1965, and in Hollywood by 1967.<ref name=SrObit>"B.G. Byars Dies Here At Age 64", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' (Tyler, Texas). 7 Oct 1965, Page 1&2</ref><ref>"Quebec Honeymoon Follows Byars-Summers Nuptial Rites", ''Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph'' (Tyler, Texas). 17 Nov 1967, Sec. 3, Page 2</ref>

	Presumably Billy, Jr. received an inheritance, and installed himself in style in Los Angeles. "His bachelor pad in the Hollywood hills boasts massive oaken beams and other touches of baronial elegance," according to a 1972 interviewer.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Summers says that "Byars's house in Los Angeles, at the summit of Laurel Canyon, was for a while a haven for adult homosexuals and male teenagers." His friendship with J. Edgar Hoover continued, and he received at least one Christmas card from the FBI Director in the house on Mulholland Drive.[Summers, ''op. cit.'', p. 377]		Presumably Billy, Jr. received an inheritance, and installed himself in style in Los Angeles. "His bachelor pad in the Hollywood hills boasts massive oaken beams and other touches of baronial elegance," according to a 1972 interviewer.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Summers says that "Byars's house in Los Angeles, at the summit of Laurel Canyon, was for a while a haven for adult homosexuals and male teenagers." His friendship with J. Edgar Hoover continued, and he received at least one Christmas card from the FBI Director in the house on Mulholland Drive.[Summers, ''op. cit.'', p. 377]

Sneeuwbol: /* Appearance */ Better ID of photos

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Appearance: Better ID of photos

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	The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, projected the slides and recorded them in VHS, posting the result in a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has another photo that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase ~~including the elder Byars~~ and ~~next to him women who match descriptions of his wife and blond daughter, with the bull's halter being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr~~.<ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref>		The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, projected the slides and recorded them in VHS, posting the result in a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has another photo that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase and others. <ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref> Immediately behind the bull is elder Byars, with his wife and blond daughter to his left.<ref>"Party Hosts and House Guests", shows Mr & Mrs Byars matching the ''LIFE'' photo. ''The Tyler Courier-Times''. 4 Oct 1953, Sun · Page 39. Miss Byars can be recognized from photos as the 1959 Rose Queen, such as "Crowning of 1959 Rose Queen", ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 16 Oct 1959,Page 1 </ref> The bull's halter is being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.

	== Photography of enduring quality ==		== Photography of enduring quality ==

Sneeuwbol: /* Appearance */

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Appearance

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	The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, projected the slides and recorded them in VHS, posting the result in a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has another photo that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase including the elder Byars ~~flanked by~~ women who match descriptions of his wife and blond daughter, the bull's halter being held by a young ~~mayn~~ who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.<ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref>		The ''After Dark'' interview includes a photo of Byars and the actor Vincent Child in Rome filming ''The Genesis Children''.<ref name=Swisher1972 /> Byars is slightly shorter than Child, and wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat looks very much like anyone else wearing dark glasses and a ten-gallon hat. Genesis Children sound man John Dulaney took slides as he accompanied the Lyric troupe through Europe while filming ''The Genesis Children'' and other projects in 1970, projected the slides and recorded them in VHS, posting the result in a series YouTube videos in 2010-2011. One is described as including "BILLY BYARS, JR. (balding with Hasselblad) and Lyric Film company, Europe, 1970."<ref>[https://youtu.be/ldaiVaf84bk?t=487 Dulaney video] on YouTube.</ref> Byars was 34-35 in 1970, and does appear to be balding and wearing glasses, and with a slight paunch. He's not wearing glasses in the photo accompanying an 1972 interview in a hometown newspaper, but the photo is too poorly reproduced online to show his face, though the paunch is less slight. <ref>"Film Industry Challenge Grows, Pat Blair, ''The Tyler Courier-Times'' (Tyler, Texas). 24 Dec 1972, Page 37</ref> Photos that are clearer, are less clearly Byars. Dulaney has another photo that may well be Byars with Peter Glawson.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=508&v=D3-1zhJN2ZA</ref> Photos taken for ''LIFE Magazine'' of Byars, Sr.'s stunt lodging of prize bull Prince 105TT in the Governor's Suite of Tyler's Blackstone Hotel include a shot that portrays a Black boy dressed as a harem guard with a gold shovel, the partners in the bull's purchase including the elder Byars and next to him women who match descriptions of his wife and blond daughter, with the bull's halter being held by a young man who could well be the then 17-year-old Byars, Jr.<ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/prize-bull/GAFVWJNg2MpqWQ Prize Bull] John Dominis. 1954. LIFE Photo Collection.</ref>

	== Photography of enduring quality ==		== Photography of enduring quality ==