George W. Jorgensen, 80, of Hartford ... The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at UT Southwestern William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital in Dallas for the care and compassion ...

George William Jorgensen Jr. was born in the Bronx in 1926. He recalled having a normal, happy childhood. But by his own description he saw himself as a “frail, blond, introverted little boy who ...

But she was not a movie star nor a model. Before she left for Denmark her name was George William Jorgensen Jr, but George had undergone radical gender reassignment surgery to become a woman.

1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex ...