David Gest, ex-husband of Liza Minelli, dead at 62

LONDON -- Music producer David Gest and ex-husband of Liza Minnelli died at a hotel in London on Tuesday. He was 62.

Imad Handi, a friend of Gest, confirmed the news in a statement:


Police responded to an "unexplained death" at the hotel on Tuesday morning, Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

The cause of death has not been released. An autopsy is pending, police said.

Gest married Minelli in 2002. The couple divorced in 2007.