Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Unlike many successful Broadway composers of the time, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs. Although disabled in horse-riding accident in 1937, Porter continued to work. Some of his best known plays are Anything Goes, Can-Can, Silk Stockings, and Kiss Me, Kate.
Porter was gay, but lived as a heterosexual. He married Linda Lee Thomas in 1918. She understood he was gay, but as both genuinely cared for and respected each other, the marriage proved to be generally happy.
In his last years, Porter's life was extremely difficult. Porter's mother died in 1952, and Linda died of emphysema in 1954. By 1958, Porter's injuries caused a series of ulcers on his right leg. After 34 operations, it had to be amputated and replaced with an artificial limb. Porter himself passed away in October 1964 of kidney failure.
Cole Porter was one of several Broadway composers whose lives David Greenbaum sought to alter via time travel.[1] Specifically, Greenbaum wanted to prevent Porter's horse-riding accident.
Greenbaum knew that Porter was working on a film score in April 1934, and was getting ready to write Anything Goes in the fall.[2]
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