- Thorson filed a $113 million palimony suit against Liberace in 1982 and five years later he received a $95,000 settlement.
- His tell-all book, "Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace", published in 1988, is the basis for the 2013 HBO movie with the same title, Behind the Candelabra (2013).
- Reno, Nevada: Has been held in Washoe County jail since February after being arrested for using someone else's credit card and license. (May 2013)
- Former bodyguard, limo driver, and alleged live-in lover of five years of Liberace.
- Says he earned just under $100,000 from his work on Behind the Candelabra (2013), all of which he spent on cars and jewelry in about two months.
- Battling colon cancer. (May 2013)
- Years before Matt Damon portrayed him in Behind the Candleabra (with Michael Douglas as Liberace), he was portrayed by Michael Dolan in Liberace: Behind the Music (opposite Victor Garber) and Maris Valainis in Liberace (opposite Andrew Robinson), both TV-movies from 1988.
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