Editing David Gest (section)

{{Short description|American producer and entertainer (1953–2016)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = David Gest 
| image = David Guest.JPG
| caption = Gest in 2007
| birth_name = David Alan Gest
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|5|11}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|4|12|1953|5|11}}
| death_place  = [[London]], England
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Producer
* television personality
* entertainer
}}
| years_active = 1970–2016<ref name="Meter">{{cite web|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2002/03/happyvalley200203|title=Looking for the Rainbow|publisher=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=2007-06-04|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Liza Minnelli]]|2002|2007|end=div.}}
}}
'''David Alan Gest''' (May 11, 1953 – April 12, 2016) was an American producer and television personality. Gest founded the American Cinema Awards Foundation in 1983.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-david-gest-19890106-story.html|title=From the Archives: David Gest's American Cinema Awards honors big names and the Golden Age of Hollywood|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 6, 1989|publication-date=April 12, 2016|access-date=April 12, 2016|first=Nina J.|last=Easton}}</ref> He produced the television special ''[[Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration]]'' in 2001,<ref>{{Citation|title=Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration|date=13 November 2001|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301614/|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> which was the last reunion of [[Michael Jackson]] and [[The Jackson 5|the Jacksons]] coming almost 17 years after [[Victory Tour (The Jacksons)|their previous reunion]]. Gest appeared on the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 6)|2006 series]] of the British reality television show ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!]]''. He frequently made tabloid headlines during his marriage with [[Liza Minnelli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/David+Gest-15030.html|title=Minnelli/Gest Divorce To Be Finalised This Week|publisher=Femalefirst.co.uk|date=April 19, 2007|access-date=July 1, 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165307/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/David+Gest-15030.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Recordssitereviews.com|url=http://www.recordssitereviews.com/divorcerecords/david-gest-liza-minnelli-divorce.html|title=The David Gest and Liza Minnelli Divorce|access-date=April 12, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127005537/http://www.recordssitereviews.com/divorcerecords/david-gest-liza-minnelli-divorce.html|archive-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> In 2016, Gest appeared in ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 17)|Celebrity Big Brother 17]]'' in the UK but elected to leave the show after 13 days due to "medical reasons". This resulted him finishing in 13th place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/celebrity-big-brother-2016-david-gest-forced-to-leave-house-for-medical-reasons-a6819036.html|title=David Gest forced to leave CBB house for 'medical reasons'|date=2016-01-18|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>