According to his cook, his last meal was Cream of Wheat hot cereal, made with half and half, and seasoned with brown sugar.
As a young man, he worked the night club circuit as a pianist under the name: "Walter Busterkeys.".
As reported in the June, 2001, issue "A&E Biography" Magazine, Liberace was so vain about his baldness that he would even go to bed wearing one of his hairpieces, even on hot nights. According to the same article, he once almost refused to have a facelift when the doctor asked him to take his toupee off.
At age four, Liberace could play almost any tune by ear.
At the insistance of Polish piano virtuoso Paderwski, he dropped his first names and performed under his last name only.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 533-535. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
Classical debut was at age 14 as soloist with the Chicago
Closed his concerts with the song "I'll Be Seeing You".
He stood six foot by the time he was seventeen.
He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6527 Hollywood Boulevard and for Television at 6739 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
His final performance was 2 November 1986 at Radio City Music Hall, New York City.
His mother played piano as did his sister Angie.
His older brother, George Liberace played the violin.
In 1969 Liberace was named one of the five highest paid entertainers in show business.
In 1976, during the height of the American Bicentennial, he once performed wearing red, white and blue hot pants. It made headlines around the world.
In 1982, 24-year-old Scott Thorson, Liberace's former bodyguard, limo driver, and alleged live-in lover of five years, sued the pianist for $110 million in palimony after an acrimonious split-up. Liberace continued to publicly deny that he was homosexual and insisted that Thorson was never his lover. In 1984, most of Thorson's claim was dismissed, although he received a $95,000 settlement.
In high school, Liberace had a musical combo called "The Mixers.".
In the 1970s Liberace spent at least $100,000 a year on his sparkling, brocaded, diamond and jeweled costumes.
Liberace owned a 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V. This car resides in the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, and of only seven built by coachbuilder James Young that year, it is the only one with left-hand drive (the steering wheel on the American side), making it even more rare. The entire car is covered with small mirrored tiles, and with classic horses etched into them along the running boards. When he first got the got, it had a black and gray paint job. He also had a 1950s Rolls-Royce convertible painted with an American flag design.
Liberace was the subject of a 50 minute BBC documentary called 'Too Much of Everything is Wonderful' shown on British television on May 23rd 2000.