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- Liberace abstract "Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), mononymously known as Liberace, was an American pianist and vocalist.A child prodigy, and the first generation son of working class immigrants, Liberace's career spanned four decades of concerts, recordings, motion pictures, television, and endorsements. At the height of his fame from 1950s to the 1970s Liberace was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, with established residencies in Las Vegas, and an international touring schedule. Liberace embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, and acquired the sobriquet "Mr. Showmanship". Liberace was recognized during his career with two Emmy Awards, six gold albums and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Throughout his career, Liberace publicly denied his gay sexual orientation, and successfully sued The Daily Mirror newspaper and Confidential, who reported some of his gay relationships, winning damages and legal fees. Towards the end of his life, his former chauffeur and lover, Scott Thorson, unsuccessfully sued him for palimony, slander and conversion of property. Liberace also released a coffee table book in his life and performed 21 sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall which set box office records a few months before his death in Palm Springs, California on February 4, 1987. Liberace's death remains controversial due to the fact that there had been rumours prior to his passing that he had contracted HIV which his management, publicist, friends, and even Liberace himself had vehemently denied. Ultimately the Riverside County coroner ordered an official autopsy against the wishes of his estate and determined that Liberace had died of an AIDS-related illness making him the second major celebrity after Rock Hudson to officially succumb to the illness during the early days of media frenzy surrounding the disease. Worth over 110 million dollars at his time of death, Liberace left the bulk of his estate to his scholarship foundation, but his official museum closed its doors in 2010 due to an economic downturn. In November 2013 a few dozen of his famous costumes and cars went on display for six-week exhibition at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, in an installation titled "Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful": Liberace's unofficial motto, and an often used one liner from his act. A highly acclaimed biographical film for HBO, Behind the Candelabra, achieved the highest ratings for an HBO TV film since 2004. Starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film sparked renewed interest in Liberace's life and times.".
- Liberace activeYearsEndYear "1986".
- Liberace activeYearsStartYear "1936".
- Liberace alias "Lee".
- Liberace alias "Liberace, Władziu Valentino".
- Liberace alias "Mr. Showmanship".
- Liberace alias "The Glitter Man".
- Liberace alias "The King of Bling".
- Liberace alias "Walter Busterkeys".
- Liberace alias "Walter Liberace".
- Liberace associatedBand George_Liberace.
- Liberace associatedBand Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski.
- Liberace associatedMusicalArtist George_Liberace.
- Liberace associatedMusicalArtist Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski.
- Liberace background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Liberace birthDate "1919-05-16".
- Liberace birthPlace United_States.
- Liberace birthPlace West_Allis,_Wisconsin.
- Liberace birthYear "1919".
- Liberace deathDate "1987-02-04".
- Liberace deathPlace Palm_Springs,_California.
- Liberace deathPlace United_States.
- Liberace deathYear "1987".
- Liberace instrument Baldwin_Piano_Company.
- Liberace instrument Piano.
- Liberace instrument Singing.
- Liberace occupation Pianist.
- Liberace recordLabel Columbia_Records.
- Liberace recordLabel Dot_Records.
- Liberace thumbnail Liberace_Colour_Allan_Warren.jpg?width=300.
- Liberace viafId "56796793".
- Liberace wikiPageExternalLink 70.
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- Liberace wikiPageExternalLink record.php?id=64411.
- Liberace wikiPageExternalLink Liberace.
- Liberace wikiPageExternalLink libarace-greatest-songs.
- Liberace wikiPageExternalLink www.liberace.org.
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- Liberace wikiPageID "179572".
- Liberace wikiPageRevisionID "606362397".
- Liberace alias "Lee".
- Liberace alias "Mr. Showmanship".
- Liberace alias "The Glitter Man".
- Liberace alias "The King of Bling".
- Liberace alias "Walter Busterkeys".
- Liberace alias "Walter Liberace".
- Liberace alternativeNames "Liberace, Władziu Valentino".
- Liberace associatedActs George_Liberace.
- Liberace associatedActs Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski.
- Liberace background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Liberace birthDate "1919-05-16".
- Liberace birthName "Władziu Valentino Liberace".
- Liberace birthPlace United_States.
- Liberace birthPlace West_Allis,_Wisconsin.
- Liberace caption "Liberace in 1974".
- Liberace dateOfBirth "1919-05-16".
- Liberace dateOfDeath "1987-02-04".
- Liberace deathDate "1987-02-04".
- Liberace deathPlace "Palm Springs, California, U.S.".
- Liberace hasPhotoCollection Liberace.
- Liberace instrument Piano.
- Liberace instrument Singing.
- Liberace label Columbia_Records.
- Liberace label Dot_Records.
- Liberace name "Liberace".
- Liberace notableInstruments Baldwin_Piano_Company.
- Liberace occupation "Pianist, entertainer, actor".
- Liberace placeOfBirth "West Allis, Wisconsin, United States".
- Liberace placeOfDeath "Palm Springs, California, United States".
- Liberace shortDescription "American musician and entertainer".
- Liberace yearsActive "1936".
- Liberace description "American musician and entertainer".
- Liberace description "American musician and entertainer".
- Liberace subject Category:1919_births.
- Liberace subject Category:1987_deaths.
- Liberace subject Category:20th-century_American_male_actors.
- Liberace subject Category:20th-century_American_singers.
- Liberace subject Category:20th-century_American_writers.
- Liberace subject Category:20th-century_pianists.
- Liberace subject Category:AIDS-related_deaths_in_California.
- Liberace subject Category:American_Roman_Catholics.
- Liberace subject Category:American_male_singers.
- Liberace subject Category:American_people_of_Italian_descent.
- Liberace subject Category:American_people_of_Polish_descent.
- Liberace subject Category:American_pianists.
- Liberace subject Category:Burials_at_Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills).
- Liberace subject Category:Dot_Records_artists.
- Liberace subject Category:Gay_actors.
- Liberace subject Category:Gay_musicians.
- Liberace subject Category:Gay_writers.
- Liberace subject Category:LGBT_Roman_Catholics.
- Liberace subject Category:LGBT_musicians_from_the_United_States.
- Liberace subject Category:LGBT_people_from_Wisconsin.
- Liberace subject Category:LGBT_singers.
- Liberace subject Category:LGBT_writers_from_the_United_States.
- Liberace subject Category:Male_actors_from_Wisconsin.
- Liberace subject Category:Musicians_from_Wisconsin.
- Liberace subject Category:People_from_West_Allis,_Wisconsin.