re: #119 wheat-dogg

My aunt loved Liberace, and even went to Vegas to catch his shows. The fact that he was quite obviously gay* never seemed to bother her, despite my aunt’s conservative nature.

* True to my reporter’s instincts, I double checked this fact, in case the ghost of Liberace ever decides to sue my spirit in the afterlife. Wikipedia has no definitive statement regarding his sexual orientation, noting that Liberace denied several times he was gay, and even went to court about it. But his friend Betty White said he was, and the entry says Liberace died of complications from HIV/AIDS. So I stand by my previous statement.

I can recommend the Steven Soderbergh directed HBO movie “Behind the Candelabra” to anyone who has not seen it. Michael Douglas is pretty brilliant as Liberace.