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] In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez in a confrontation over a drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Both men were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Riggs was released on parole in 2010. Alig was released on May 5, 2014.[2]
On Christmas Eve, 2020, shortly before midnight, Alig died at his Washington Heights home from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 54.[3]
^Bollen, Christopher. "Michael Alig". Interview Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
^Selbry, Jenn (May 5, 2014). "Michael Alig released from jail: Infamous Club Kids 'Party Monster' convicted of murdering and dismembering roommate freed". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022.
^Sicha, Choire (December 26, 2020). "Michael Alig, Fixture of New York City Nightlife, Dies at 54". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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