<Archive Obituary> Elizabeth 'Madam Alex' Adams (July 8th 1995)
Bill Schenley
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FROM: The New York Times (July 12th 1995) ~
By Staff
Elizabeth Adams, the flamboyant Madam Alex who
operated a Beverly Hills prostitution ring for two
decades until she was arrested in 1988 and
displaced by her former assistant, Heidi Fleiss, died
on Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles. She was 60.
Peter L. Knecht, her longtime friend and lawyer,
said that Mrs. Adams, a native of Manila, had had
heart surgery and that her life support system was
disconnected.
After detectives testified Mrs. Adams had provided
important information on murder suspects, drug
dealers and terrorists, prosecutors agreed to a 1991
plea bargain in which she received 18 months
probation.
Although Mrs. Adams had complained that
Miss Fleiss had stolen her client list, she continued to
operate her business, Mr. Knecht said, most recently
from a house abutting the parking lot of the West
Hollywood sheriff's office.
She is survived by her son, Scott, of Los Angeles.
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(Heidi Fleiss)