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Michael Alig (April 29, 1966 – December 24, 2020) was an American club promoter and artist who was convicted of felony manslaughter. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [ 1 ]
Jan 4, 2021 · Michael Alig was a very real person, as are many of the other scenesters depicted in the movie — up to and including Angel Melendez, who really was killed by Alig and his acquaintance. In fact, the real story might just be even more outlandish than the movie version.
- Pauli Poisuo
Dec 25, 2020 · Michael Alig, the flamboyantly costumed “King of the Club Kids” in late 1980s and early ’90s Manhattan whose involvement in the sordid murder and dismemberment of his drug dealer was ...
Dec 25, 2020 · Michael Alig, the New York City club promoter who in the early- to mid-1990s made a name for himself as the leader of the “Club Kids,” and was subsequently convicted of first-degree...
Legendary New York nightlife scribe Michael Musto recalls his long acquaintance with Michael Alig, the infamous “club kid” and killer who has died, aged 54.
Dec 25, 2020 · Michael Alig — the infamous nightlife legend, “King of the Club Kids,” and murderer — has died by apparent overdose in his Upper Manhattan home on Christmas Day, the New York Daily News reports...
May 15, 2014 · Michael Alig — nightlife legend, party monster, convicted murderer — was released from prison last week after 17 years. In the Nineties, Alig was ringleader of New York City’s “Club Kids,”...
