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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]
Thorson said, after Liberace had died, that he settled because he knew that Liberace was dying, and that Thorson had intended to sue based on conversion of property rather than palimony. A year after Liberace's death, Thorson published a book about their relationship, Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace. [11]
Thorson agrees and drives to Liberace's retreat house in Palm Springs, where he and Liberace have one last, emotional conversation. Liberace dies a few months later in February 1987. Thorson attends Liberace's funeral, in which he imagines seeing Liberace performing one last time with his traditional flamboyance, before being lifted to Heaven ...
Liberace died in 1987 of HIV/AIDS-related ailments. More from Variety. Choreographer Ray Arnett, Best Known for Work With Liberace, Dies at 97. Liberace's Costume Designer Michael Travis Dies at 86.
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 ...
The 2013 film was based on the memoir "Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace," written by Scott Thorson, Liberace's lover later in life. Matt Damon plays Thorson in the movie.
Liberace: Behind the Music is a 1988 Canadian-American made-for-television biographical film. It is an "unofficial" biopic drama on the life and death of Władziu Valentino Liberace, who went from a humble working-class background to become a famous American pianist and vocalist. Known as "Liberace", he became the highest paid entertainer in ...
Oprah took to social media to reflect on the progress of the LGBTQ+ movement and honor her late brother, who died from AIDS: 'The world was an extremely cruel place.'