Born on this day: flamboyant bejewelled pianist, βMr. Showmanshipβ, flaming creature and perennial kitsch icon, Liberace (nΓ© WΕadziu Valentino Liberace, 16 May 1919 β 4 February 1987). When I was in Palm Springs with friends in April 2025, we drove past Liberaceβs baroque former residence. Itβs still gloriously intact and didnβt disappoint! Pictured: Liberaceβs hands, photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Rolling Stone magazine in 1981.








