Liberace's lover Scott Thorson dies at 65

Liberace's former lover Scott Thorson has died.

According to Variety, Thorson died on August 16 at the age of 65 in Los Angeles.

The cause of death is not yet known, but reports say he was a patient at a Los Angeles health facility and was suffering from both cancer and heart disease.

Thorson wrote his famous memoir, Behind The Candelabra: My Life With Liberace, in 1988, in which he revealed intimate details of his six-year romance with the late matinee idol, who died in 1987 from complications of HIV/AIDS.

The book was later adapted into the Emmy-winning HBO film of the same name. It was directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Michael Douglas Liberace and Matt Damon Thorson.

Among the many scandalous allegations in Behind The Candelabra is the claim that Thorson paid for plastic surgery to make him look like a younger version of the singer, including a nose job and a chin implant.

Thorson had previously revealed details of his romance with Liberace in 1982 when he filed a $113 million child support suit against the Las Vegas legend. In testimony in the suit, Liberace denied being gay and insisted that Thorson had never been his lover.

Thorson and Liberace reached a settlement in 1986; the entertainer's former lover received $75,000 in cash, three cars and three dogs valued at $20,000.

Throughout the six years of their tumultuous relationship, Thorson played the role of Liberace's chauffeur in the artist's Las Vegas show.

The two split when Thorson began using drugs more heavily. He blamed Liberace for being partly responsible for his addiction, saying he only began abusing substances after being prescribed Quaaludes, amphetamine, cocaine and Demerol while recovering from the cosmetic surgeries Liberace had ordered him to undergo.

Thorson experienced an equally offensive second act in his life after becoming a key figure in the trial of the 1981 murders commonly known as the “Wonderland Massacre.”

Thorson testified against nightclub owner and drug dealer Eddie Nash after four people were murdered on Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles' famed Laurel Canyon neighborhood. Nash reportedly believed the four people were responsible for robbing his home and shooting a bodyguard.

Although Thorson accused Nash of orchestrating the murders in his testimony, he was released without conviction after the trial. Nash died in 2014.

Thorson said he was placed in the federal witness protection program after the trial and changed his name to Jess Marlow.

Thorson struggled with addiction for the rest of his life. In 2008, he was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to drug abuse and burglary.

He was later sentenced to 8 to 20 years in prison for failing a court-ordered drug test while on probation for burglary and identity theft.