In the entire history of music there may be no performer that was as flamboyant as

Liberace Liberace was a child prodigy pianist born May 16, 1919 in Wisconsin. He enjoyed a career

spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures and endorsements. At

the height of his fame from the 1950s to the 1970s, Liberace was the highest paid entertainer in the

entire world. He had established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule.

Liberace embraced a lifestyle flamboyant excess both on and off stage, earning him the nickname

of Mr. Showmanship. This kind of personality while living, it should be of no surprise that

Liberace didn't just stop making appearances after his death in 1987.

Born Wang Zhu Valentino Liberace, his friends called him Lee

or Walt. His parents came from publishing Italian origins and were very musical with his father

playing the French horn and his mother being a concert pianist at one point. It was obvious that

Liberace had music in his blood when he started playing the piano at the age of four. Liberace had

his fair share of adversity growing up. In early childhood, Liberace suffered from a speech impediment.

As a teen, Liberace had children with tease him for his feminine personality, his avoidance of sports

and his fondness for cooking and the piano. Liberace would overcome the mocking to become the

most famous piano player of his time. Sadly, Liberace died of pneumonia as a complication of AIDS.

On February 4, 1987, at his retreat home in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 67.

As mentioned earlier, Liberace loved to cook. This led him to design and open his own restaurant.

At the time, called Liberace's Tivoli Gardens, now known as Carluccios Tivoli Gardens.

The restaurant set empty for a year after Liberace's death until the Carluccios family purchased it.

Not only did Liberace love to cook, he loved to cook in his restaurant. The restaurant that he

has been said to hunt since his passing. Many visitors have reported cold spots, bottles falling

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