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Full title: BREAKING NEWS: Liza Minnelli's music producer ex-husband David Gest is found dead at the Four Seasons hotel in London aged 62 - three months before he was due to start his 'I'm Not Dead' tourFriends have paid tribute to David Gest as a 'larger than life showbiz icon' after the former husband of Liza Minnelli was found dead in a luxury London hotel aged 62.The music producer was married to Minnelli from 2002 until 2003, but they only officially divorced in 2007. He was also known for being a close friend of the late Michael Jackson.Police were called to...

David Gest, the estranged husband of Liza Minnelli, is reported to have got engaged to Diana Ross. The Daily Express says it understands the pair have become close despite Ross being a friend of Miss Minnelli's. The newspaper reports Gest and Ross are already planning a wedding as glamorous as his one with Minnelli. Ross apparently turned to Gest for comfort after being stopped for drink-driving in Tucson, Arizona, in 2002. She recently served two days in jail for the offence. Gest said recently that he would probably marry within two years and US Weekly magazine editor Janice Min said:...

OCTOBER 21--David Gest, the estranged husband of Liza Minnelli, claims in a lawsuit filed today that the singer regularly beat him during the couple's 16-month marriage. In the below New York State Supreme Court complaint, Gest, 50, describes Minnelli, 57, as an overweight, raging alcoholic who seriously injured him during a June attack (the couple separated the following month). According to Gest, whose lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages, he became a "victim of domestic violence" who, as a result of Minnelli's beatings, now lives in "virtually constant, unrelenting pain" that requires "11 prescription medications per day, some more than...

<p>First, the good news. Fourth-time bride Liza wore Bob Mackie's virginal low-cut, off-the-shoulder, white, beaded gown. The train extended longer than some Vegas odds say this union will.</p> <p>The train was personally schlepped by co-matron of honor Marisa Berenson, who wore a backless Gianfranco Ferre.</p>