#Fact1He smoked 2-3 packs of cigarettes a day.2Is mentioned by name in Nina Simone's rendition of "My Baby Just Cares for Me".3He was posthumously awarded a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 1, 2005.4He was posthumously awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on January 7, 1994.5Is mentioned by name in the song "My Baby Just Cares for Me" by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson.6In his biography and in the HBO program Behind the Candelabra (2013), Liberace insisted that his first lover, to whom he lost his virginity, was a professional American football player, a member of the Green Bay Packers team, "the most intimidating man I'd ever seen". According to Liberace's ex-lover Scott Thorson, the pianist had revealed to him that the affair had taken place when Liberace was playing a club called the Wunderbar in Wausau, Wisconsin in 1939, and that the player became Liberace's "first confidant".7He was a Republican.8Brother-in-law of Isabel Liberace.9Uncle of Rudy Liberace Jr., Freddy Liberace, Jane Liberace, Ina Liberace and Diane Liberace.10Brother of George Liberace, Rudy Liberace and Angie Liberace.11Made his very last public appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show: Episode dated 25 December 1986 (1986) almost six weeks before his death.12Shortly after Liberace's death the London Daily Mirror asked for a refund of the $24,000 libel settlement it had paid him in 1959.13In 1982, 24-year-old Scott Thorson, Liberace's former bodyguard, limo driver, and alleged live-in lover of five years, sued the pianist for $110 million in palimony after an acrimonious split-up. Liberace continued to publicly deny that he was homosexual and insisted that Thorson was never his lover. In 1984, most of Thorson's claim was dismissed, although he received a $95,000 settlement.14Mentioned in the song "Mr. Sandman" written by Pat Ballard: "And [give him] lots of wavy hair like Liberace.".15He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6527 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6739 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.16While wildly successful and good natured outwardly, Liberace was a complicated man whose political, social and religious conservatism existed side-by-side with a lifetime of secretive homosexuality.17Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 533-535. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.18When filming a television special in England, he made a point of learning the name of all the production crew. Years later when he returned to make another show, he was still able to greet every crew member by name.19The phrase "I cried all the way to the bank!" was said to be first coined by him after he sued and won a $22,000 settlement from the London Daily Mirror in 1959.20Was parodied in several Bugs Bunny cartoons.21Would often remark that he would like the viewer/audience member to "Meet my brother George".22Liberace owned a 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V. This car resides in the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, and of only seven built by coachbuilder James Young that year, it is the only one with left-hand drive (the steering wheel on the American side), making it even more rare. The entire car is covered with small mirrored tiles, and with classic horses etched into them along the running boards. When he first got the got, it had a black and gray paint job. He also had a 1950s Rolls-Royce convertible painted with an American flag design.23The episodes of the television series Batman (1966) on which Liberace guest starred as Chandel/Harry, Batman: The Devil's Fingers (1966) and Batman: The Dead Ringers (1966), were the highest-rated in the series' history. By all accounts, he got along well with the cast and crew and would play impromptu recitals at the end of each day's filming.24According to his cook, his last meal was Cream of Wheat hot cereal, made with half and half, and seasoned with brown sugar.25When he opened Las Vegas' Riviera Casino-Hotel in 1954, he was the city's highest paid entertainer. That concert was the first one where he wore extravagant costumes (He wore a gold llame jacket).26License plate on one of his Rolls-Royces: "88 KEYS"27In 1976, during the height of the American Bicentennial, he once performed wearing red, white and blue hot pants. It made headlines around the world.28As reported in the June 2001 issue "A&E Biography" Magazine, Liberace was so vain about his baldness that he would even go to bed wearing one of his hairpieces, even on hot nights. According to the same article, he once almost refused to have a facelift when the doctor asked him to take his toupee off.29At the insistence of Polish piano virtuoso, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, he dropped his first names and performed under his last name, only.30While born "Wladziu Valentino Liberace", he later changed his first name to "Walter", but his friends and relatives knew him as "Lee".31Closed his concerts with the song "I'll Be Seeing You".32His final performance was on November 2, 1986 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.33Owned pianos previously owned by Frédéric Chopin and George Gershwin, as well as an inlaid and ormolued Louis XV desk that may have been owned by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.34Many of his pianos, cars, jewelry and costumes are on display in the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip. Funds from the admissions to the non-profit museum go to The Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts, which awards music scholarships.35Was parodied in Al Capp's comic strip, "L'il Abner", as "Loverboynik".36Successfully sued the London "Daily Mirror" in 1959 after it published an article by columnist "Cassandra" which said that Liberace was "fruit-flavoured" (gay), which he strongly denied in court and insisted that homosexuality was an "abomination".37Liberace's favourite song was "The Impossible Dream", because he truly mastered the art of believing. He made a dream come true. During his career, Liberace earned two Emmy Awards and five gold million best-selling albums.38In the 1970s, Liberace spent at least $100,000 a year on his sparkling, brocaded, diamond and jeweled costumes.39In 1969, Liberace was named one of the five highest paid entertainers in show business.40As a young man, he worked the night club circuit as a pianist under the name: "Walter Busterkeys".41In high school, Liberace had a musical combo called "The Mixers".42Classical debut was at age 14 as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony.43At age four, Liberace could play almost any tune by ear.44His older brother, George Liberace played the violin.45His mother, Frances Liberace, played piano as did his sister, Angie Liberace.46Liberace's father, Salvatore Liberace, was a French horn player for the Milwaukee Symphony.

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