Scott Thorson — who dished on his romance with Liberace in his 1988 memoir “Behind the Candelabra” only a yr after the famed pianist’s dying — has died.
Thorson died on August 16 — he’d been a affected person at an L.A. healthcare facility, the place he had been coping with most cancers and a coronary heart situation.
Thorson was employed as Liberace’s private good friend and companion when he was 18 and the icon was 57 — which kicked off their 5-year romance.
Thorson bought fired from his gig in ’82 — after which hit Liberace with a $113 million lawsuit … which ended up being the primary same-sex palimony go well with ever filed within the U.S.
However, Liberace stored denying he was gay, and so they ended up settling the go well with out of courtroom. Liberace died the following yr, in 1987, from HIV/AIDS-related problems.
Thorson’s memoir got here out the following yr … and was later became the 2013 HBO movie of the identical identify, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon as Thorson and Michael Douglas as Liberace.
Other than his time with Liberace, Thorson was also referred to as a key witness within the 1981 Wonderland Bloodbath trial.
Thorson was 65.
R.I.P
