I Don't Like Having Snakes Around at All," _Washington Post_ , 1 June 2000, A1.
**"We never go in to pick him up":** _Larry King Live_ , 25 June 2000.
**"I found out that a whole lot":** Author interview.
**"This is really the best time":** Author interview.
**"No one goes by without seeing":** _New York Times_ , 26 June 2000, A21.
**"They'll either see me":** _Washington Post_ , 27 June 2000, C7.
**He was able to be near:** Author interview.
**"You'll never get me back":** "Liberace's Son: 'Dad,' I'm Glad You Got It," Associated Press, 27 June 2000.
**"My dad knew the way":** _Good Morning America_ , 28 June 2000.
**"You don't know who":** _Larry King Live_ , 28 June 2000.
**"Dad, you did it":** _Larry King Live_ , 29 June 2000.
**He was "the most sensitive":** Author interview.
**"What had happened":** Author interview.
**"It looked so normal":** Author interview.
**"I never saw him":** Author interview.
**"He was looking for":** Author interview.
**"There was nothing to":** _Larry King Live_ , 29 June 2000.
**"I would have done it":** _Good Morning America_ , 29 June 2000.
**"They never saw him":** _Larry King Live_ , 29 June 2000.
**"It's like the elephant never":** _Larry King Live_ , 1 July 2000.
**Liberace had no health insurance:** _San Francisco Examiner_ , 25 June 2000.
**Liberace took four days:** _San Francisco Examiner_ , 1 July 2000.
**The headline read:** "Liberace Dies at Age 70; Showman in Dancing Shoes," Associated Press, 1 July 2000.
**"And the next thing":** _Larry King Live_ , 2 July 2000.
**"The public would get":** _Los Angeles Times_ , 10 July 2000, 3.
**Buchwald got a call:** "Liberace: The Toughest Interview," Associated Press, 2 July 2000.
**"It was the first":** _Washington Post_ , 2 July 2000, C8.
**"Mr. Schaffner was the first person":** _Larry King Live_ , 2 July 2000.
**"You know he was in pain":** _Washington Post_ , 4 July 2000, C4.
**He went on television:** _Washington Post_ , 6 July 2000, C4.
**"And I thought, 'L.J.'":** _Larry King Live_ , 5 July 2000.
**"He was not interested in the past":** _Larry King Live_ , 6 July 2000.
**He called his wife:** _Larry King Live_ , 6 July 2000.
**"He felt the show was a betrayal":** _Larry King Live_ , 6 July 2000.
**"My father didn't like to discuss":** _Larry King Live_ , 5 July 2000.
**"When he was very, very old":** Author interview.
**"He was really sad":** Author interview.
**"I wouldn't recommend":** _Larry King Live_ , 4 July 2000.
**"Don't come home":** _Larry King Live_ , 5 July 2000.
**"You don't know anything":** _Larry King Live_ , 10 July 2000.
**"My father said to me":** Author interview.
**"Everyone was so devastated":** _Larry King Live_ , 11 July 2000.
**"I told her, 'I love you' ":** _Larry King Live_ , 12 July 2000.
**"Don't tell me about my father":** Author interview.
**"My father would have hated":** _Larry King Live_ , 13 July 2000.
**Liberace's ashes:** _The Arizona Republic_ , 15 July 2000.
**Liberace's former mansion:** _Daily Press_ , 1 August 2000.
**"This is just a bad day":** _San Francisco Examiner_ , 15 July 2000.
**"That little piece of music":** _San Francisco Chronicle_ , 15 July 2000.
## **CHAPTER 9: MURDER IN THE TRUMPET ROOM**
**"If he felt there was a lack of":** Author interview.
**"He said to me, 'Lorraine'":** Author interview.
**"I was shocked, horrified":** Author interview.
**"No one should think that":** Author interview.
**He called the news:** "Death of Liberace Still a Mystery," Associated Press, 16 July 2000.
**"The real mystery":** _Los Angeles Times_ , 19 July 2000, C16.
**"I have no information":** _Los Angeles Times_ , 19 July 2000, C16.
**"The last thing he did":** _New York Times_ , 19 July 2000, A9.
**The _Phoenix Gazette_ :** "Mystery of Liberace's Death," Associated Press, 17 July 2000.
**"He was an icon":** _San Francisco Examiner_ , 17 July 2000.
**"And he told me he was so sick":** Author interview.
**"How do you feel":** _Larry King Live_ , 18 July 2000.
**"I would hate to be a cop":** _Larry King Live_ , 18 July 2000.
**"I was doing Larry's show":** _Larry King Live_ , 19 July 2000.
**"He was very depressed":** _Larry King Live_ , 19 July 2000.
**"How is it that you're here":** _Larry King Live_ , 19 July 2000.
**"This is where it happened":** _Larry King Live_ , 21 July 2000.
**"It's so painful":** _Larry King Live_ , 21 July 2000.
**"There is no one":** _Larry King Live_ , 21 July 2000.
**"And so many people":** _Larry King Live_ , 20 July 2000.
**"His spirit lives on":** _Larry King Live_ , 21 July 2000.
**"The tragedy is a black hole":** _Larry King Live_ , 21 July 2000.
**"Don't you feel like God":** _Larry King Live_ , 20 July 2000.
**The city of Palm Springs:** _Palm Springs Desert Sun_ , 24 July 2000.
**His funeral was held:** _Palm Springs Desert Sun_ , 30 July 2000.
**"I really want to talk":** _Larry King Live_ , 22 July 2000.
**"The music's beautiful":** _Larry King Live_ , 22 July 2000.
**"It's like someone's dying":** Author interview.
**The mayor of Palm Springs:** _Palm Springs Desert Sun_ , 31 July 2000.
**In Palm Springs, about a half-million people:** _Palm Springs Desert Sun_ , 30 July 2000.
**"He was a man who loved the show business":** _L.A. Daily News_ , 23 July 2000.
**In Monaco, Liberace's will:** _New York Post_ , 23 July 2000.
**He was cremated:** Associated Press, 23 July 2000.
**"The way things were":** _Washington Post_ , 24 July 2000, D1.
**"Well, first of all":** Author interview.
**"I was devastated":** Author interview.
**"But I didn't know about it":** Author interview.
**"Maybe he decided":** _USA Today_ , 27 July 2000.
## **CHAPTER 10: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE CRIMINAL GENIUS**
**"She's a little like":** _Washington Post_ , 25 July 2000, D5.
**"People wanted to think of him":** Author interview.
**"He loved that kind of conversation":** Author interview.
## **CHAPTER 11: THE MYSTERIOUS MOMENTS OF THE LIFE OF A SHOWMAN**
**"There was a big scandal":** Author interview.
**"He really wanted to be accepted":** Author interview.
**"He was really afraid of the paparazzi":** Author interview.
**"I would love to have him back":** _New York Times_ , 28 July 2000, A1.
**"Dad just loved him":** _Washington Post_ , 31 July 2000, D1.
**"I think he found it much more enjoyable":** Author interview.
**"He did have great moments":** Author interview.
**"I don't think he thought":** _Los Angeles Times_ , 27 July 2000, E1.
**"Every year we get more":** _Washington Post_ , 24 July 2000, D5.
**"Gay, gay, gay":** Author
