Seems the dangers of using Carbon Tetra - Chloride where not made clear to Liberace when he decided he needed his outfit for the evening cleaned and with the snowstorm and time restraints and getting to a cleaner was not possible. So he was brought the deadly chemical by the hotel staff which at one time was used in Dry Cleaning and decided to use it in his hotel room.
Now a banned substance at one time it was easy to obtain at any hardware and even some super markets.
Unfortunately he breathed in and absorbed the chemical and poisoned himself
which resulted in him being taken to the now gone St Francis Hospital which was replaced by UPMC Children Hospital
He was in kidney failure and was given a 20% chance of surviving the night.
But as Liberace layed in his deathbed a Nun dressed all in white came into his room and told him to pray to St. Anthony who would save him and this is exactly what he did .
and fully recovered over a few days.
After Liberace recovered he asked about the Nun but none of the Nuns who visited or worked in the hospital dressed in all white and to this day despite many efforts no one knows who it was.
But having read about similar accounts of people in distress and being greeted and helped by people dressed all in white many are convinced it was an Angel who saved Liberace that evening.
In true gratitude and generosity, Liberace donated a huge amount of money to St Francis Hospital. They built a beautiful solarium with his kind gesture. I was in St Francis in 1993 for rehab and was shown the area and told the story. St Francis was a great hospital.
ReplyDeleteThe nuns dressed in white were NURSES. And he was there for 3 weeks! Not a few days! 🙄
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