Scott Thorson — who dished on his romance with Liberace in his 1988 memoir “Behind the Candelabra” only a yr after the famed pianist’s demise — 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 pal and companion when he was 18 and the icon was 57 — which kicked off their 5-year romance.
Thorson obtained fired from his gig in ’82 — after which hit Liberace with a $113 million lawsuit … which ended up being the primary same-sex palimony swimsuit ever filed within the U.S.
However, Liberace saved denying he was gay, and so they ended up settling the swimsuit out of courtroom. Liberace died the following yr, in 1987, from HIV/AIDS-related issues.
Thorson’s memoir got here out the following yr … and was later was 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 often known as a key witness within the 1981 Wonderland Bloodbath trial.
Thorson was 65.
R.I.P
