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- Scott Thorson was born on January 23, 1959 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for Behind the Candelabra (2013), Fame for 15 (2001) and Reputations (1994). He died on August 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Reno, Nevada: Has been held in Washoe County jail since February after being arrested for using someone else's credit card and license.
- Years before Matt Damon portrayed him in Behind the Candleabra (with Michael Douglas as Liberace), he was portrayed by Michael Dolan in Liberace: Behind the Music (opposite Victor Garber) and Maris Valainis in Liberace (opposite Andrew Robinson), both TV-movies from 1988.
- Thorson filed a $113 million palimony suit against Liberace in 1982 and five years later he received a $95,000 settlement.
- His tell-all book, "Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace", published in 1988, is the basis for the 2013 HBO movie with the same title, Behind the Candelabra (2013).
- Former bodyguard, limo driver, and alleged live-in lover of five years of Liberace.
- [on pleading guilty, being jailed for stealing and using a credit card] This experience has scared me straight. There comes a time when you've got to take responsibility. You've got to stop lying and face your mistakes.
- I was 17 years old. Liberace had taken me out of a situation with a father who was very abusive, a mother who was mentally ill. I did everything I possibly could to please this man... There's always been a love-hate relationship. At that time, I was so honored to be in his presence. And I didn't want to go back to my lifestyle in the foster homes, which was pure hell.
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