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...fans. I plan to do a Sunday page sequence about a pianist named Liverachy. Any resemblance to you will be deliberate . . . Cordially, Al Capp." Cartoonist Capp, whose king-sized ego permits few turndowns, was stunned when Liberace's lawyers said no. Recovering quickly, Capp invented a new character, Loverboynik by name, who bears an astonishing similarity to Liverachy. Loverboynik is a mad, foppish, candle-less TV pianist with a squealing female public and a mass of platinum blond hair. Capp insists that "Loverboynik is not Liberace because he can play the piano quite well and he doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 1, 1954 | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

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