The owner of the legendary club “Studio 54”, Mark Fleischmann, ended his life with an assisted suicide

Mark Fleischmann, owner of the legendary club Studio 54 in the early 80s, he died with assisted suicide in Switzerland, aged 82.

The businessman had bought it iconic club of New York in 1981. In 1984 he sold it to new owners and then opened the equally famous club Tatou, as well as Gaugin in the Plaza Hotel.

According to the New York Post, Fleischman’s health had begun to deteriorate in 2016. In an interview with the newspaper last month, the businessman of the famous club he had spoken openly about the serious health problems faced in recent years. As he confided, he could neither walk nor speak properly. He suffered from a rare condition that doctors could not diagnose.

“I can’t walk, my speech is slurred and I can’t take care of myself,” the 82-year-old said. “My wife helps me into bed and I can’t even get dressed or put on my shoes by myself,” Fleischmann had said.

Referring to his decision to resort to assisted suicide, he had mentioned that it was for him the mildest and easiest way out from the situation he was experiencing.

“The more I think about it, the more I want to do it. I will fly direct to Zurich from Los Angeles. There will be no last party»he had said in his interview

The businessman had published a book in 2017 with the title “Inside Studio 54” in which stories were told about the intense fun of the 80’s, “when beautiful people they snorted cocaine through rolled up hundred dollar bills’.

His former partner, Daniel Fitzgerald, told the BBC that Fleischmann had finally done what he had announced last month, which was to end his life by medically assisted suicide. suicide.