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Władziu Valentino Liberace (known as Lee to his friends and Walter to family) [4] was born in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 16, 1919. His grandfather Valentino Liberace (1836–1909) was a casket maker from Formia in central Italy where his father, musician Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (1885–1977), was born. [5]
The figures in the table below are all derived from 24/7 Wall St.'s 2016 valuation of each president's peak net worth. For purposes of 24/7 Wall St.'s valuation, a president's peak net worth may occur after that president has left office. [8] To allow for a direct comparison, all of the figures have been adjusted for inflation to 2022 U.S. dollars.
Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate. Vanderbilt left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1877, equivalent to $2.4 billion today. [5] As the United States became the world's leading economic power by the late 19th century, the wealthiest people in America were often also the wealthiest people in the world.
George H.W. Bush. Before: $4 million After: $23 million The elder Bush had grown his net worth by 475% between the time he took office in 1989 and 2017, when The American University study was ...
Scott Thorson, who wrote about his relationship with Liberace in Behind the Candelabra, has died.He was 65. Thorson published his memoir in 1988 a year after the famed pianist’s death, and was ...
In 1982, after he was dismissed by Liberace, [9] Thorson filed a $113 million lawsuit against Liberace, [10] [3] part of which was a palimony suit. This was the first same-sex palimony case filed in U.S. history. [2]
In the MGM+ docuseries, the best-selling novelist investigates the notorious 1981 quadruple murder and interviews former Liberace boyfriend Scott Thorson, a key witness.
The Liberace Museum Collection is a private museum collection that includes many stage costumes, cars, jewelry, lavishly decorated pianos and numerous citations for philanthropic acts that belonged to the American entertainer and pianist Wladziu Valentino Liberace, better known as Liberace.