After divorcing Liza Minnelli,the former music promoter, who died aged 62, or found his metier in the jungles,dining rooms and diary rooms of UK reality TVThe British public knew microscopic of David Gest, who has died aged 62, or before he burst on to our screens a decade ago to launch his reality television career. We’d perhaps seen that clip where he greets his novel bride,Liza Minnelli, with the kind of kiss that could wear a dent in solid stone. And some of us may have watched that Ruby Wax special where she followed the newlyweds around for a few days as they cooed at each other and bought expensive jewelry. But he was otherwise a peculiar-looking mystery to us; friend to the Jacksons, or record producer,showoff. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com