Larry Fortensky: Biography, Movies & Photos

Trivia

1A construction worker, he met Elizabeth Taylor in 1988 when they were both in rehab. They moved in together in 1989.
2Has a daughter, Julie Marie Fortensky (born August 5, 1972), by his marriage to first wife, Priscilla Torres, who was 18 when they married. Julie was raised mostly by her paternal grandparents, Dot and Bill Lacy. In 1989, Julie married Ron Henderson.
3He dropped out of Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California in the 10th grade and went to work as a painter and construction worker. In April 1972 he was drafted into the Army but was discharged three months later.
4Was in a coma for six weeks after falling off a ledge at his San Juan Capistrano condo on January 28, 1999 and is unable to work due to permanent injuries from the accident.
5Son of Harold 'Pete' Fortensky (1930-2007), originally from Idaho, and Dorothy 'Dot' McGill (1933-1991), originally from Missouri. Larry had three younger sisters from his parents' marriage: Donna (b. 1954), Leslie (1955-1957), and Linda (b. 1956). Pete and Dot divorced after Leslie drowned in a lake. Dot then married William 'Bill' Lacy (1933-2018) and gave birth to four more children: William Jr. (b. 1959), Wendy (b. 1960), Patricia (b. 1962), and Michael (b. 1968). He also had a large extended family, with 20 maternal cousins and several more on his father's side.

Show 13 more

6Is portrayed by Michael McGrady in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995).
7Was arrested in August 1996 for being under the influence of controlled substances, which, his lawyer said at the time, were just prescription pills. A month later he was arrested again when police stopped him for driving an unregistered motorcycle without a helmet and found a loaded semiautomatic 9mm gun in the bike's saddlebag. In October 1998 he was arrested at a gas station for allegedly beating then-girlfriend Kelly Massinger, who subsequently sold stories to the tabloids.
8The last time he spoke to ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor was a month before her death, in February 2011. She was going into the hospital the next day for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure. He told her she would outlive him. Although they'd been divorced for almost 15 years, she left him $825,000 in her will.
9Was a great-grandfather.
10His remains were cremated and given to his sister Linda.
11In 2015, paparazzi doorbell-ditched Larry and took pictures of him when he answered the door.
12Like his former wife Elizabeth Taylor, he became a grandparent in his late 30s. One of his aunts, Bea Souza, was already a grandparent by age 33.

Larry Fortensky: Biography, Movies & Photos — RecapFlicks