Family and friends are mourning the loss of Mark Fleischman. Fleischman, who operated the celebrity favorite Studio 54 nightclub in the early '80s, died by assisted suicide on July 13. He was 82 years old. Fleischman's close friend and former business partner Daniel Fitzgerald shared the news on social media. "For almost 20 years, Mark Fleischman was my partner at the legendary Century Club," he wrote in a Facebook post on July 12, adding that Fleischman, who became ill in 2016, traveled to Switzerland to end his life on July 13. "Mark made the decision to seek assisted suicide in Switzerland because he no longer wanted to endure the suffering," he said....
- 7/14/2022
- E! Online
Mark Fleischman, the former owner of the legendary celebrity hang-out Studio 54, has died by assisted suicide at a clinic in Switzerland. He was 82. Last month, the businessman who was once at the center of New York City’s thriving nightlife announced that he planned to end his own life after living with an undiagnosed medical condition since 2016 that affected his ability to speak and left him in a wheelchair. Fleischman told the New York Post that he would use the Swiss nonprofit assisted suicide group Dignitas to end his life on July 13. “I can’t walk, my speech is f***ed up and I can’t do anything for myself,” Fleischman told The 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.” Fleischman bought Studio...
- 7/14/2022
- TV Insider
Mark Fleischman, 82, died today by assisted suicide at a clinic in Switzerland, family and friends said.
Fleischman previously disclosed his plans, saying he had a degenerative condition and was in pain.
Earlier: The man who once ruled New York City nightlife has told a media outlet that he plans to end the party in July.
Mark Fleischman, who owned Manhattan’s Studio 54, once the world’s most exclusive club, is now 82 and confined to a wheelchair. He told the New York Post that he plans to use the Swiss nonprofit assisted suicide group Dignitas to end his life on July 13. The group helps assisted suicides with a lethal dose of barbiturates after a lengthy screening process.
“I can’t walk, my speech is f–ked up and I can’t do anything for myself,” Fleischman told The Post. “My wife helps me get into bed and I can’t...
Fleischman previously disclosed his plans, saying he had a degenerative condition and was in pain.
Earlier: The man who once ruled New York City nightlife has told a media outlet that he plans to end the party in July.
Mark Fleischman, who owned Manhattan’s Studio 54, once the world’s most exclusive club, is now 82 and confined to a wheelchair. He told the New York Post that he plans to use the Swiss nonprofit assisted suicide group Dignitas to end his life on July 13. The group helps assisted suicides with a lethal dose of barbiturates after a lengthy screening process.
“I can’t walk, my speech is f–ked up and I can’t do anything for myself,” Fleischman told The Post. “My wife helps me get into bed and I can’t...
- 7/14/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Murphy first told us about his idea for Studio 54: American Crime Story on Deadline’s Crew Call in June, and FX made it official today that the fourth installment of the series is in development.
FX Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Full Coverage
Studio 54: American Crime Story will tell the story of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who in 1977 turned their Midtown Manhattan disco into an international mecca of nightlife for the rich and famous and commoners alike — renowned for its lavish parties, music, sex and open drug use. With Rubell and Schrager’s meteoric rise came their epic fall less than three years later when the impresarios were convicted of tax fraud.
In December 1978, Studio 54 was raided after Rubell had been quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. The business partners were charged with tax evasion, obstruction of justice,...
FX Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Full Coverage
Studio 54: American Crime Story will tell the story of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who in 1977 turned their Midtown Manhattan disco into an international mecca of nightlife for the rich and famous and commoners alike — renowned for its lavish parties, music, sex and open drug use. With Rubell and Schrager’s meteoric rise came their epic fall less than three years later when the impresarios were convicted of tax fraud.
In December 1978, Studio 54 was raided after Rubell had been quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. The business partners were charged with tax evasion, obstruction of justice,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Studio 54 may have closed four decades ago, but it becomes more iconic every day. Studio 54: Night Magic, a new exhibit at Brooklyn Museum (and book), studies the nightclub’s history and influence.
Co-founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager opened Studio 54 on April 26, 1977. It would go on for just 33 months, closing in February 1980. After it was sold to Mark Fleischman, the nightclub would briefly reopen in the Eighties, but the new exhibit solely focuses on the first 33 months — now an integral part of pop culture history.
To understand the significance of Studio 54,...
Co-founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager opened Studio 54 on April 26, 1977. It would go on for just 33 months, closing in February 1980. After it was sold to Mark Fleischman, the nightclub would briefly reopen in the Eighties, but the new exhibit solely focuses on the first 33 months — now an integral part of pop culture history.
To understand the significance of Studio 54,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
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