Mario Oliver, one of many kings of the Los Angeles nightlife scene when he ran the golf equipment Vertigo and The Gate and stylish eating places like Tryst, Le Petit 4, and Linq, has died at age 71.
On Wednesday, authorities discovered his physique inside a villa in Las Terrenas, Samaná within the Dominican Republic. Preliminary reviews point out he was choked to dying and gagged when criminals broke into his dwelling and took a safe-deposit field, a number of watches Rolex, and different valuables.
A report in Dominican Immediately signifies the Nationwide Police, the DICRIM, licensed that the dying was introduced on by head trauma and handbook compression of the neck (hanging).
Born in France, Mario Jacques Oliver Jutard shortened it when he started modeling in Paris. He quickly turned a fixture on the Paris nightclub scene, working all the pieces from the door to DJ’ing. He migrated to Los Angeles in 1981.
Oliver turned a driver of the Los Angeles nightlife scene within the Nineteen Eighties via the early 2000s. He was linked romantically with Princess Stephanie of Monaco.
A 1987 Los Angeles Instances article by Deadline founder Nikke Finke described him as possessing “continental allure, gracious method and boyish sexuality. Oliver has cultivated a picture of ingesting champagne as a substitute of wine, flying first-class as a substitute of coach and having the prettiest lady within the room on his arm. From garments to tradition to girlfriends, he all the time appears to be within the lead. As one good friend, David Gothard, explains, “Mario was born stylish.”
Vertigo was residing proof of that fashion. It turned one of many hottest golf equipment within the nation. Its restrictive door coverage attracted celebrities, with civilians lined up outdoors the membership every weekend, hoping for an opportunity to step via the velvet ropes.
Nonetheless, there was a darkish aspect to the story. Oliver suffered two divorces and a suspended probation interval for a decreased rape cost of sexual battery of a 19-year-old lady.
Oliver’s physique was taken to the Institute of Forensic Science (INACIF) in San Francisco de Macoris. The police investigation by Dominican authorities continues.
There was no speedy data on survivors or memorial plans.
