museum. >> we're talking about liberace. the showmanship whose flamboyant style lit up the stage and the small screen. news 3's denise rosch gives us a peek inside the star's former home which will soon open up as a museum. ? >> i loved him. he was just amazing. so friendly. so human. so normal. >> reporter: hillary walks through the liberace mansion >> this was me in 1963, the first time i had a picture taken with him. >> reporter: her photo album filled with imam -- images of the famous pianist. >> after the show, he would grab my arm and we would walk down the street together. i was his security garth, i guess. >> reporter: now she's part of >> this would have been the back of the house. >> reporter: the place he called home until his death, saved from the wrecking ball by the current owner martin james. >> i got excited. i'm a dangerous person. i get excited. i saw this on the internet. they were crying for somebody to buy it. >> reporter: that was three years ago. he paid $500,000 cash for the crumbling mansion and spent