and, the man who owned new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago, but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are
new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya rajapaksa has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guardi
that wake was not mournful, it was a joyful celebration with past friends and club promoters who turned up as well, but eventually he did travel and did tell the new york post that i am taking the gentle way out, it is the easiest way out for me. i know they were desperately hoping he would change his mind. a desperately sad situation. in terms of studio 5a itself, he wrote that book and described how it was an exclusive world, anything could happen. an absolute magnet for all the celebrities as we are seeing now. that is the joyful part of his legacy and memory, studio 5a, which was one of the hottest nightclubs when it opened in 1977. the queues were across the street. it was a celebrity haunt. people like bianca jagger, mickjagger, liza minnelli, elizabeth taylor, grace jones, went regularly there as did andy warhol and the list went on and it was known for its debauchery and wild parties, it opened just when sexual liberation
that would allow him to do it legally. his long time business partner, daniel fitzgerald, shared that they held a living wake for mark fleischman on july four, independence day in the united states and had partly hoped he might change his mind. that wake was not mournful, it was a joyful celebration with past friends and club promoters who turned up and club promoters who turned up as well but eventually he did travel and did tell the new york post that i am taking the gentle way out, it is the easiest way out for me. i know they were easiest way out for me. i know they were desperately - easiest way out for me. i know they were desperately hoping l easiest way out for me. i know i they were desperately hoping he would change his mind. i desperately sad situation. in terms of studio 5a itself, he wrote that book and described how it was an exclusive world, anything could happen. an absolute magnet for all the celebrities we are seeing now. that is the joyful part of his legacy and m