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 ====Childhood and college years====
-Tony Prince was born either in (1957, 1958, 1962 or 1963) in Dukes to Jewish parents. According to the Maisonette 9 website, "as a young boy he wandered to the [[Humboldt River]] and dreamed of living on the other side [in [[Algonquin]]] so he would no longer be considered [[East Borough Bridge|bridge]] and tunnel". He also likely would have struggled with his sexuality in his teen years, especially growing up in a somewhat dangerous neighborhood. He also says of growing up in the 1970s, "In my day, gay guys used to be lonely, needy, and lost. Now, they're all in relationships!".
+Tony Prince was born in (1957-58 or 1962-63) in (Dukes or Midwest) to Jewish parents. He grew up in Dukes, and according to the Maisonette 9 website, "as a young boy he wandered to the [[Humboldt River]] and dreamed of living on the other side [in [[Algonquin]]] so he would no longer be considered [[East Borough Bridge|bridge]] and tunnel". He also likely would have struggled with his sexuality in his teen years, especially growing up in a somewhat dangerous neighborhood. He says of growing up in the 1970s, "In my day, gay guys used to be lonely, needy, and lost. Now, they're all in relationships!".
-Tony would have gone to college as early as (1975, 1976, 1980 or 1981), though he did not focus on his studies. His first experience working at a nightclub came from being in the cloakroom and eventually the front door of ''Elephant'', until a fire caused it to shut down. In 1983<ref name="Libertytree1">"Tony Prince Asks For Night-Time Leniency" by [[Tony J. Smith]], Liberty Tree ([[libertytreeonline.com|www.libertytreeonline.com/news.html]]) (In game website.)</ref>, the first club he opened for himself was ''PUDDLE'', a rave venue, until Tony was arrested for tax evasion in 1985, spending 3 months in jail<ref name="Libertytree1"/>. According to Luis, Tony also first earned the nickname "Gay Tony" in 1985 - as the nickname suggests, Tony became openly homosexual by the time he was (27, 28, 22 or 23).
+Tony would have gone to college as early as (1975-76 or 1980-81), though he did not focus on his studies. His first experience working at a nightclub came from being in the cloakroom and eventually the front door of ''Elephant'', until a fire caused it to shut down. In 1983<ref name="Libertytree1">"Tony Prince Asks For Night-Time Leniency" by [[Tony J. Smith]], Liberty Tree ([[libertytreeonline.com|www.libertytreeonline.com/news.html]]) (In game website.)</ref>, the first club he opened for himself was ''PUDDLE'', a rave venue, until Tony was arrested for tax evasion in 1985, spending 3 months in jail<ref name="Libertytree1"/>. According to Luis, Tony also first earned the nickname "Gay Tony" in 1985 - as the nickname suggests, Tony became openly homosexual by the time he was (27-28 or 22-23).
 ====Height of career and reputation====
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 Tony sees a last chance to pay off his debts in buying and selling some [[Diamonds|$2 million diamonds]] for a small profit. When Luis, Tony and his boyfriend [[Evan Moss|Evan]] [[Frosting On The Cake|go to buy]] the diamonds from [[The Cook|a cook]] at the [[Platypus]], they are all ambushed by the [[The Lost Brotherhood|Lost biker gang]], resulting in the death of Evan (who Tony instructed to go a separate way and stash the diamonds at his club). Before this Gracie and Evan had put him back on the drugs. Luis thankfully recovers them after he ambushes a [[Not So Fast|deal]] between [[Johnny Klebitz|Johnny]] (who ambushed them), [[Niko Bellic|Niko]] and [[Isaac Roth]]. He met Ray Bulgarin after this event, who later claimed that Luis and Tony conspired against him by buying the diamonds - by chance, the cook had stolen them from him. [[Gracie Ancelotti]] was kidnapped, and the kidnappers (the selling party from the diamond deal) demanded the diamonds back from [[Giovanni Ancelotti]] in exchange. Luis and Tony safely exchanged the diamonds for Gracie, which resulted in Tony still losing out on $2 million but supposedly remaining at peace with the Ancelotti family. Bulgarin successfully persuades Ancelotti to have Tony killed, who ironically choose Luis as the one to shoot Tony in exchange for his own life. Luis briefly considers shooting Tony before turning the gun on Rocco (shooting [[Uncle Vince|his uncle]], allowing Rocco to flee because of his connections). Within minutes, Bulgarin's men ambush Maisonette 9 in hopes of killing Luis and Tony, which they fail to do after a violent shootout. Finally, Luis successfully kills Bulgarin, blowing up his private jet before it leaves the country. Afterwards, Luis and Tony were apparently free of debts and loose ends.
+====After The Ballad of Gay Tony====
 He may or may not have finally sold ''Maisonette 9'' to [[Yusuf Amir]], who sought to franchise it all over the world, even in Pakistan and on the moon (saying he was quite serious about this). Tony tells Yusuf that "the club is all about the people", and after Yusuf expresses apathy by saying "You can whip out your dick and piss on them!", Tony instead tells him that he would be very qualified to own the club.
-====After The Ballad of Gay Tony====
 After The Ballad of Gay Tony is complete, Tony cannot be contacted further. He often spoke of his intentions to move to an extremely secluded getaway spa town, saying his life in Liberty was too stressful (though he says this at the very height of his financial problems, and could have reconsidered). It was believed that he did in fact move away while [[Yusuf Amir]] owned the clubs. Tony could have moved to Vice City as the [[Liberty Tree]] website suggests.
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 Gay Tony's influence over the Liberty City nightclub scene is mostly reminiscent of [[wp:Peter Gatien|Peter Gatien]], owner of the Limelight and other clubs. Like Prince, Gatien faced drug (1996) and tax evasion (1999) charges, and owned several nightclubs geared towards different crowds as investments. Unlike Prince, Gatien is a happily married heterosexual, and having been born in Canada, he was deported there after his drug charges and currently lives in Toronto.
-Many elements also seem to have been taken from [[wp:Steve Rubell|Steve Rubell], owner of the legendary [[wp:Studio 54|Studio 54]]. Both were born in New York City (Liberty being a parody), and faced club raids and tax evasion charges since their early years of success. Their business models were also very similar, including a strict, trendy dress code (which Rubell would sometimes enforce personally). Both were homosexuals and habitual drug users, although Rubell kept it a secret, got diagnosed with AIDS in 1985 and died of hepatitis in 1989.
+Many elements also seem to have been taken from [[wp:Steve Rubell|Steve Rubell]], owner of the legendary [[wp:Studio 54|Studio 54]]. Both were born in New York City (Liberty being a parody), and faced club raids and tax evasion charges since their early years of success. Their business models were also very similar, including a strict, trendy dress code (which Rubell would sometimes enforce personally). Both were homosexuals and habitual drug users, although Rubell kept it a secret, got diagnosed with AIDS in 1985 and died of hepatitis in 1989.
-He also bears some similarities to Miami club owner [[wp:Chris Paciello|Chris Paciello]] who, like Tony had connections to New York Mafia families and had one of his famous clubs burn down only to open another club later the same year.
+He also bears some similarities to Miami club owner [[wp:Chris Paciello|Chris Paciello]] who, like Tony had connections to New York Mafia families and had one of his famous clubs burn down only to open another club later the same year. Paciello is also straight, however, and is most famous for once having dated Madonna.
-Maisonette 9 bears an uncanny resemblance to New York nightclub Bungalow 8 (see Maisonette 9 article for details).
+Maisonette 9 bears an uncanny resemblance to New York nightclub Bungalow 8 (see [[Maisonette 9]] article for details).
 ==LCPD Database information==