- Furst's collaborators remember him as a driven, impulsive and passionate man who made spontaneous decisions.
- His suicide came shortly after breaking up with actress Beverly D'Angelo.
- Designed 'Planet Hollywood', the $15 million Manhattan restaurant co-owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone.
- He had a prominent nose, that he enjoyed poking fun at; sometimes instead of signing his name, he'd draw a little picture of himself that looked like a bird of prey.
- Towards the end of November 1990, Furst had announced his intention to kick drugs and drink.
- Furst's father suffered from mental illness and alcoholism, and died when he was 21, and shortly afterwards he began taking Valium to calm his nerves. It would last him his whole life.
- Furst owned a green parakeet called Napoleon. It was a bad-tempered pet, but he kept it with him in his bed at night. One day he rolled over and smothered it in his sleep.
- Studied theater design at the Royal College of Art in London, England.
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