Happily married to the actor Laurie Morton, whom he met at the Gate theatre in the days of Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir (they founded the theatre in 1928), Kelly was always attired off stage in hand-stitched shirts, Jermyn Street suits and a trademark bow tie.
At the Neighbourhood Ball earlier in the evening Mr Obama asked: "How good looking is my wife?" as they emerged on stage hand-in-hand, her full length dress glittering.
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"OK," says Palahniuk from the stage, microphone in hand.
"It brought tears to my eyes coming over the line with the guys like that," he said after finishing the stage hand in hand with his team-mates.
When she reappeared a moment later, she was standing directly in front of the stage, camera in hand.
He appeared on stage, cane in hand, wearing matching orange top and trousers, both with a shine far sparklier than the awards being handed out.
Kim Gordon was center stage, bass in hand; she was the least seasoned musician onstage, and her playing was simple and relentless.
John McCain's campaign specialty has been the "town hall," where the candidate wanders the stage, microphone in hand, answering questions from ordinary citizens and bantering with them.
But then he stepped off the screen, gave shout-outs to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and started working the stage, mike in hand, just like old times.
