Tag: Obituary
Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return while he was alive. But, perhaps appropriately,... more
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, dies at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame... more
Las Vegas: Caesars Palace’s longest-serving president dies at 71
Gary Selesner was the longest-serving president ever at Caesars Palace. But that duration does not paint the complete picture of his... more
Paddy Power co-founder David Power dies at 77; his company grew into online betting giant Flutter
David Power, who has died at the age of 77, helped to lay the foundations for what would eventually become the biggest online gambling... more
O.J. Simpson’s conflicting, curious Las Vegas life
I met O.J. Simpson twice in Las Vegas. I didn’t know how to handle the first meeting. I was similarly thrown off by the second. Simpson,... more
Peppermill’s distinct style is Bill Paganetti’s legacy
From the vivid, floor-to-ceiling screens beaming idyllic waterfalls and naturescapes into a Reno high-rise resort, to the gas fireplaces... more
Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was... more
Gambling pioneer Steve Norton, who ran first US casino outside Nevada, dies at age 89
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Norton, who ran the first U.S. gambling facility outside Nevada — Resorts casino in Atlantic City —... more
Pioneer Don Laughlin dies at 92. Nevada town founder remembered
Don Laughlin’s Riverside Resort Hotel and Casino’s Facebook page reported that town founder Don Laughlin died at the age of 92... more
