{"id":29570,"date":"2016-04-18T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=29570"},"modified":"2016-04-18T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:00:09","slug":"david-gest-liza-minnellis-ex-husband-found-dead-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/david-gest-liza-minnellis-ex-husband-found-dead-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"David Gest, Liza Minnelli’s ex-husband, found dead in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

(JTA) — David Gest, a Jewish reality television star in Britain and the ex-husband of actress Liza Minnelli, was found dead in a five-star London hotel on April 14.<\/p>\n

Police and paramedics were called to the luxury Four Seasons Hotel early on April 12 to find the 62-year-old Gest\u2019s body, The Sun, a British tabloid, reported.<\/p>\n

Gest, a former contestant on Britain\u2019s “Celebrity Big Brother,” married Minnelli in 2002 but they separated after a year. The couple officially divorced in 2007.<\/p>\n

In recent years Gest had complained of amnesia caused by head trauma he suffered from items like stilletto heels and lamps he claimed Minnelli had thrown at him.<\/p>\n

A Los Angeles native who became a music producer, Gest had been due to tour the United Kingdom in a musical show called “David Gest Is Not Dead, But Alive with Soul” starting in York on July 1. He also was known for being a close friend of the late pop superstar Michael Jackson and had organized the comeback of The Jackson Five on the occasion of Jackson’s 30th anniversary in show business.<\/p>\n

According to The Sun, his company, David Gest Limited, accumulated a $500,000 debt after he became addicted to gambling in his final months.<\/p>\n

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