Liberace’s Lover Scott Thorson Dead at 65

Scott Thorson — who dished on his romance with Liberace in his 1988 memoir “Behind the Candelabra” only a 12 months after the famed pianist’s demise — has died.

Thorson died on August 16 — he’d been a affected person at an L.A. healthcare facility, the place he had been coping with most cancers and a coronary heart situation.

Thorson was employed as Liberace’s private good friend and companion when he was 18 and the icon was 57 — which kicked off their 5-year romance.

Thorson obtained fired from his gig in ’82 — after which hit Liberace with a $113 million lawsuit … which ended up being the primary same-sex palimony swimsuit ever filed within the U.S.

However, Liberace saved denying he was gay, they usually ended up settling the swimsuit out of court docket. Liberace died the subsequent 12 months, in 1987, from HIV/AIDS-related problems.

Thorson’s memoir got here out the subsequent 12 months … and was later was the 2013 HBO movie of the identical identify, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon as Thorson and Michael Douglas as Liberace.

Except for his time with Liberace, Thorson was also referred to as a key witness within the 1981 Wonderland Bloodbath trial.

Thorson was 65.