Steve Rubell

Steve Rubell ( born December 2, 1943 in Brooklyn, † July 25, 1989 in New York) was the founder of the New York disco Studio 54

The club, founded in 1977 was later closed due to fraud and tax evasion and sentenced to three and a half years in prison Rubell, of which he served 13 months. Having large consortia took over the club scene, Rubell was employed as a consultant. The Studio 54 was closed in 1986.

Rubell died on 25 July 1989 at the age of 45 years of AIDS, of his HIV infection he knew since 1985.

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