In November 1963, the World almost lost Liberace as well as JFK

[Polishprince]

Dry cleaners were closed, and the most tremendous pianist of the 20th century decided to clean his own clothes in his hotel room and it almost killed him.

Thanks to St. Anthony, he lived to provide his music for a quarter century after.

The Night Monroeville Almost Killed Liberace - McKeesport History - Tube City Almanac - Worthy of All Yohogania

 

[rightwinger]

AIDS ended up killing him

 

[JGalt]

Dry cleaners were closed, and the most tremendous pianist of the 20th century decided to clean his own clothes in his hotel room and it almost killed him.

Thanks to St. Anthony, he lived to provide his music for a quarter century after.

The Night Monroeville Almost Killed Liberace - McKeesport History - Tube City Almanac - Worthy of All Yohogania

He shouldn't have stood so close to the cement mixer.

 

[my2¢]

I skipped most of the article about his biography and went for the nuts and bolts concerning his near-death. I didn't laugh out loud but the line that did bring a smile to my face was about the lady who was saved through use of a dialyzer, 'built by Allis-Chalmers'. How the tractor company got around to making a dialysis machine has to be a story in itself.

 

[gipper]

We could afford to lose Liberace, but not JFK.

 

[TheParser]

Whenever Liberace was asked whether he was gay, he strongly denied it. (He even was rewarded damages in England after a columnist implied that possibility.)

Understandably, he declined to follow the example of a super famous Mexican gay singer who (whenever he was asked that question) replied (in Spanish): "Don't ask about something that is obvious."

 

[Polishprince]

Whenever Liberace was asked whether he was gay, he strongly denied it. (He even was rewarded damages in England after a columnist implied that possibility.)

Understandably, he declined to follow the example of a super famous Mexican gay singer who (whenever he was asked that question) replied (in Spanish): "Don't ask about something that is obvious."

Liberace was not a homo by any definition of the word. His fans back in the day all knew him to be quite normative.