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Originally posted by Stewart Loy
I was sure that Liberace died of fod poisioning - choked on a undercooked weiner was the way that I had heard he met his end.
Stewart
digging out in London
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Well, the carbon tet wasn't what killed him, it just killed his kidneys.
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November 1963, a year most of us will never forget. Liberace almost dies from renal failure.
He collapsed back stage during a performance after inhaling carbon tetrachloride, a cleaning chemical. He used it himself to clean one of his soiled costumes for that nights performance. Liberace decided to clean it himself in his hotel room. [/B]
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His mother (all great musicians must, after all, have a domineering mother in their lives) went on to campaign to ban the stuff.