Editing Liberace (section)

{{Short description|American musician and actor (1919–1987)}}
{{for|his older brother|George Liberace}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Liberace
| image         = Liberace 8 Allan Warren.jpg
| caption       = Portrait by [[Allan Warren]], 1969
| birth_name    = Władziu Valentino Liberace
| alias         = {{flatlist|
* Walter Busterkeys
* Walter Liberace
* Lee
* The Glitter Man
* Mr. Showmanship}}
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1919|5|16}}
| birth_place   = [[West Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1987|2|4|1919|5|16}}
| death_place   = [[The Cloisters, Palm Springs|The Cloisters]], [[Palm Springs, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery]]
| occupation    = {{flatlist|
* Pianist
* singer
* entertainer
* actor}}
| years_active    = 1936–1986
| module        = {{infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| genre           = {{flat list|
* [[Traditional pop]]
* [[easy listening]]
* [[big band]]
* [[swing music|swing]]
* [[jazz]]
* [[boogie-woogie]]
* [[Classical music|classical]]}}
| label           = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Dot Records|Dot]]}}
| associated_acts = {{unbulleted list|[[George Liberace]]|[[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]]}}
| instrument      = {{hlist|Piano|vocals}}
}}
}}
'''Władziu Valentino Liberace'''{{refn|English: {{IPAc-en||ˈ|v|w|ɑː|dʒ|uː|_|ˌ|v|æ|l|ə|n|ˈ|t|iː|n|oʊ|_|ˌ|l|ɪ|b|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|tʃ|i}} {{respell|VWAH|joo|_|VAL|ən|TEE|noh|_|LIB|ə|RAH|chee}},<ref>{{Cite interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDPI87l_Q5M| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/dDPI87l_Q5M| archive-date=October 30, 2021|interviewer=Mavis Nicholson|work=Good Afternoon|publisher=Thames Television (via YouTube)|title=Liberace interview|access-date=February 25, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{IPA|pl|ˈvwad͡ʑu|lang|small=no}}, {{IPA|it|valenˈtiːno libeˈraːtʃe|lang|small=no}}.|group=nb}} (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor.<ref>''88 notes pour piano solo'', [[Jean-Pierre Thiollet]], Neva Editions, 2015, p. 163. {{ISBN|978-2-3505-5192-0}}</ref> He was born in [[Wisconsin]] to parents of Italian and [[Polish Americans|Polish]] origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world<ref>Barker, 2009, p. 367.</ref> with established [[concert residencies]] in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. He embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, and never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality.