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Scott Thorson, Liberace’s Lover and Key Witness in Wonderland Murders Trial, Dies at 65
Scott Thorson, whose relationship with Liberace inspired 'Behind the Candelabra,' as well as a key witness at the Wonderland murders trial, has died
He said Liberace bore some responsibility for his addiction, claiming that he began to abuse drugs after being prescribed quaaludes, amphetamine, cocaine and Demerol during recovery from the plastic surgery he underwent at the performer’s request. In 1989, Thorson became entangled in the trial of Eddie Nash, a nightclub owner and drug dealer, over his alleged role in ordering the 1981 murders of four people in a Laurel Canyon home on Wonderland Avenue. Four of the people at the home, Ron Launius, William “Billy” Deverell, and Joy Miller, who were part of the robbery, and Barbara Richardson, the girlfriend of an accomplice, died of blunt-force trauma injuries.
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