He also recalls one of his worst mistakes – a 'lost' New Year celebrating Dodi Fayed's success as executive producer of the Oscar-winning movie 'Chariots of Fire' on his private jet. ![]() Oscar-winning Lemmon was 'witty and charming but seemingly extremely sad late at night when speaking about his coke habit' and 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' star Nolte was an 'absolute wild man.'įleischman says the posse attended similar parties several times a week and he graphically describes having anonymous sex in the VIP area with a woman he'd met moments earlier – something considered 'normal' in the pre-Aids era. Recalling other posse members' drug habits, Fleischmann says Belushi was 'very funny but had a mean streak when drunk and stoned. 'Hank's special mix seemed to calm him down, making him less manic, more mellow and able to relax and just enjoy himself.' 'He had an enormous appetite for coke and alcohol and appeared to mellow out somewhat when high on coke,' Fleischmann says. Manic 'Mrs Doubtfire' star Williams spent most of his time in the DJ booth 'fascinated' by the action on the dance floor below. The author said Williams would come out with him and Fayed to look for clubs at 5am in the dangerous part of New York City 'Dodi, son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, who owned Harrods of London at the time, always had the most amazing coke,' Fleischman writes.Ĭrisco Disco – named for a brand of cooking oil used as a 'popular lubricant for gay men' – was one of the posse's favorite haunts.įleischman writes that owner Hank Davis looked like a 'gay vampire…and took particular pleasure in watching us snort a mixture of cocaine and ketamine, or Special K, a mild hallucinogenic power he slipped into the mix unbeknownst to the crowd.' The two men became so close that they regularly went scouring illegal clubs at 5am in what was then one of the most dangerous areas of downtown New York.ĭubbed the 'dawn patrol,' the duo and a posse of celebrity drug-abusers, including singers Liza Minnelli, Rick James and Joe Cocker, tennis ace Vitus Gerilaitis and Hollywood giants Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Robin Williams, John Belushi and Nick Nolte would take limos to impromptu parties in boarded-up buildings. 'Dodi loved Quaaludes, good quality coke and hot women and he always had plenty of those,' writes Fleischman, who owned the club between 1981 and '84. The playboy was famous for his drug-fueled nights on the town in New York City before he became Princess Diana's lover
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