Posted on 10/19/2010 5:39:55 AM PDT by nuconvert
I believe the “George” he used to refer to was his brother. As a kid I enjoyed watching Liberace. He was always so entertaining.
Time to move it to Branson!
Liberace was a head of his time! Elton John copied Liberace’s flamboyant style.
That’s why I’ve always liked Randy Travis. He had the only place up on Music Row that did not want to charge you $24.50 to look at his old crap...
That´s William Campbell of countless wierdo roles.
Now that’s funny right there!
I absolutely agree with you. Liberace was an authentic slice of Americana and entertained a lot of people. I remember when he played my home town of Augusta, GA in the early 1960s. The owner of a menswear store I shopped in did not cash the check from a Liberace purchase and framed it on the wall.
....Liberace was ahead of his time...
Actually, the Liberace style of flamboyancy was originated in the 1940s by Gorgeous George, the wrestler, with dyed blond hair, mincing antics, a valet and those wonderful gold plated Georgie hair pins he tossed to the crowd. The gayness was an act though. George was straight as an arrow.
Thanks for the info. I was just referencing Liberace as ahead of his time in the music world.
You are absolutely correct. Liberace was unique and original as an entertainer and musician. There were other gay musicians, but none really flaunted it before Elton John, Freddy Mercury and Boy George who all owed a debt to Liberace.
People knew what he was and didn't care or talk of it....the good old days when what you did in your bedroom was not headlines day after day.....
probably hard for lots of todays people to understand....
Such a shame,I loved him. And it’s not just old people I am in my 20’s
“Liberace’s Final Bow:
February, 05, 2010 10:30 am | On #Deal Central, Liberace
Twenty-three years ago, on Feb. 4, 1987, Vladziu Valentino Liberace had his final curtain call. According to the original death certificate, signed by his personal physician, Dr. Ronald Daniels, the cause was cardiac arrest.
However, the county medical examiner ordered an autopsy, which concluded that America’s beloved Mr. Showmanship had died of cytomegalovirus pneumonia — due to the AIDS virus. His estate’s executors filed a libel suit against the coroner’s office. They lost.
Combating rumors about the star’s declining health, Daniels had told the press that his patient was on a “watermelon diet” and suffered from emphysema and anemia. It was later revealed that, two years prior to his passing, Liberace had tested positive on an “anemia” test — for HIV.”
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