A private love story — the story of Chuck and Dean.

November 14, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY Comments Off on A private love story — the story of Chuck and Dean.
Chuck Goetz, on the right, and R. Dean Behnke met in 1978 and lived together for 42 years until Goetz's death on Nov. 4. “The time went so fast,” he said before dying. (Photo: Dean Behnke / HANDOUT)

Chuck Goetz and R. Dean Behnke met at a South Bend bar called The Waterworks.

“We immediately fell in love,” Behnke recalled fondly.

It was 1978, when homosexuality was “still looked down upon,” as Behnke put it. For millions of people…