Scott Thorson death: Liberace’s lover and Behind the Candelabra author dies aged 65

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scott Thorson, who wrote about his relationship with Liberace in Behind the Candelabra, has died. Thorson’s 1988 memoir Behind the Candelabra was adapted into a hit HBO film in 2013, with Steven Soderbergh directing Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Thorson. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Outside of his association with Liberace, Thorson was also a witness in the high-profile and still unsolved Wonderland murders of 1981. Thorson testified that prior to the murders he had witnessed nightclub owner Eddie Nash threatening porn star John Holmes into revealing that the Wonderland murder victims had been involved in a robbery at Nash’s home.