Larry Levenson
American club owner
About Larry Levenson
Lived 1936 – 1999 (aged 62–63).
Larry Levenson (1936 – January 23, 1999) was an American club owner who founded the swingers club Plato's Retreat.
Biography Levenson started working in the service industry but encountered the swinging life and found a new calling. He opened his first swingers club in a basement of a small hotel on East 23rd Street, and soon moved to The Ansonia, replacing the hotel's basement Continental Baths. His goal was to bring "to the straight world the liberty of the gay clubs."
After the closing of Plato's Retreat, he worked as a cab driver.
Levenson was featured in the 2008 documentary American Swing. Nicknamed the 'King of Swing', he claimed having sexual relations with 10 different women in one night,
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Who was Larry Levenson?
American club owner (1936–1999)
When was Larry Levenson born?
Larry Levenson was born in 1936.
When did Larry Levenson die?
Larry Levenson died in 1999.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Larry Levenson. https://biography.guide/larry-levenson/
MLA: "Larry Levenson." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/larry-levenson/.
Chicago: "Larry Levenson." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/larry-levenson/.
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