Former owner of Studio 54 dies by assisted suicide
The legendary nightclub was a glamorous hotbed for debauchery, disco hedonism, a dizzying bacchanal of sexual liberation, outlandish eccentricity and celebrities riding a white frothy wave of cocaine.
After 33 months of worldmaking headlines, the club's original owners were dragged off to Federal prison under charges of tax evasion. Thus paving the way for Fleischman to take over the reigns of the most infamous nightclub on the planet.
Today the hospitality world mourns the death of the legendary nightlife impresario, Mark Fleischman, 82, who chose to die by assisted suicide after suffering a six-year-long battle with a mysterious neurological illness that turned him into a vegetable.
He announced his intention to take a lethal dose of barbiturates two weeks ago, through the assistance of a Swiss nonprofit group named Dignitas.
'I can't walk, my speech is f****d up and I can't do anything for myself,' Fleischman, who was confined to a wheelchair, told The New York Post. 'My wife helps me get into bed and I can't dress or put on my shoes. I am taking a gentle way out. It is the easiest way out for me.'
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/former-owner-famed-studio-54-dies-assisted-suicide-switzerland/
https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/mark-fleischmans-widow-on-what-it-was-like-watching-him-die-by-legal-suicide/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10961629/Mark-Fleischman-owner-Studio-54-commits-assisted-suicide-Switzerland-undiagnosed-illness.html