Palm Mem LV by SpecialK

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121025-0418DanielGans

Danny Gans started as a pro baseball player, and has a small role in Bull Durham as a third baseman. After an injury he became a comedian and entertainer, mostly in Las Vegas, where was the Entertainer of the Year, with the Show of the Year.

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121025-0421TonyCurtis

Tony Curtis starred in The Boston Strangler and in Houdini. He co-starred in Trapeze, The Defiant Ones, Spartacus, and Some Like It Hot.

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121025-0424TonyCurtis

Tony Curtis is famous for saying he'd never be seen dead with a woman old enough to be his wife. He was married 6 times, once to actress Janet Leigh. Father of Jamie Lee Curtis.

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121025-0431DoloresFuller

Dolores Fuller was the one-time girlfriend of director Ed Wood and acted in some of his movies, and others. Later, Elvis Presley recorded a number of her songs written for his films.

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121025-0434FreddieBell

Freddie Bell was a trombonist, bassist, drummer, and singer in various bands. In 1952 he formed the Bellboys. They appeared in Rock Around the Clock and performed their song Giddy Up A Ding Dong in it.

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121025-0441FreddieBell

The Bellboys were more popular outside of the USA, but had a strong show in Las Vegas.

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121025-0443JohnBrimhall

John Brimhall was a musical arranger and author of books on music composition, theory, and performance, including his easy arrangements of classical and pop music for piano students, "Bach to the Beatles with Brimhall".

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121025-0448HankGreenspun

Hank Greenspun published the Las Vegas Sun newspaper since 1949, he was the publicity agent when gangster Bugsy Siegel was trying to open the Flamingo Hotel, and he was pardoned by JFK for selling arms to Israel.

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121025-0451HankGreenspun

Hank Greenspun also was into real estate and controlled much of Henderson, NV. He also started Nevada's first TV station, KLAS-TV.

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121025-0453EddieDavis

Eddie Davis was a saxophonist and played with Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Andy Kirk, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie.

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121025-0457PanchoGonzalez

Pancho Gonzalez was a champion tennis player, ranked No. 1 for eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s. His first racquet at age 12 cost 51 cents.

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121025-0460DiegoCorrales

Diego Corrales was a lightweight and super featherweight champion boxer. He was 105-12 as an amateur and 40-5 as a pro. He drunkenly crashed his motorcycle.

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121025-0463JoeWilliams

Joe Williams was a baritone, and sang a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs and jazz standards, including with the Count Basie Orchestra. He is actually inside the private columbarium behind the bench.

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121025-0467RonGaylord

Ron Gaylord was a singer and songwriter with The Gaylords. Ron had 10 top-10 records including Tell Me You're Mine, From the Vine Came the Grape, and The Little Shoemaker.

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121025-0475ReddFoxx

Redd Foxx was a comedian before acting on Sanford and Son. Ironically, Fred Sanford often faked a heart attacks (I'm comin' to join ya, 'Lizabeth!), but Redd actually had one on the set and died shortly after.

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140403-6258TommyMarth

Tommy Marth was a saxophone player, known for recordings and live performances with The Killers, including the albums "Sam's Town" and "Day & Age". While in high school, Tommy worked as a fashion model for Tommy Hilfiger, and Jaguar. He was Sting's Desert Rose video, and Passion Fruit's Sun Fun Baby video in 2000. From November 2011, Marth had been the Hard Rock's nightlife marketing manager in Las Vegas. Found with a self-inflicted gunshot to his head.

121025-0418DanielGans 40 views

121025-0421TonyCurtis 38 views

121025-0424TonyCurtis 37 views

121025-0431DoloresFuller 36 views

121025-0434FreddieBell 37 views

121025-0441FreddieBell 38 views

121025-0443JohnBrimhall 39 views

121025-0448HankGreenspun 37 views

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121025-0453EddieDavis 37 views

121025-0457PanchoGonzalez 37 views

121025-0460DiegoCorrales 38 views

121025-0463JoeWilliams 38 views

121025-0467RonGaylord 37 views

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