RIP for Las Vegas brain surgeon/pol who lived in his own ‘hoarders’ museum

Lonnie Hammargren, 85, had an interesting life

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It Didn’t Stay Here: Las Vegas angle to Trump’s New York legal woes

Civil lawsuit takes aim at Trump International Hotel Las Vegas

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Forbes 400 members in Las Vegas rise 50%–to three

Six years ago, there were three times as many

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Bugsy Siegel murder 75 years ago changed Las Vegas forever

His death at age 41 opened up gambling mecca to other mobsters and their financiers

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What’s Buried Here, Stays Here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 5)

A look at the life and death of Robin Leach and Richard (Old Man) Harrison

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 4)

Benny Binion and Nick the Greek join the list

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 3)

Moe Dalitz and Phyllis McGuire make the list, but most others with Mob ties went elsewhere

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 2)

Entertainers Tony Curtis and Redd Foxx make the list

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Forbes 400 roster in Las Vegas falls to two

And despite desert living they use a lot of water,too

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In Las Vegas, like elsewhere, owning the newspaper helps ensure a nice obituary

Las Vegas Review-Journal’s extensive coverage of Sheldon Adelson’s death left out some stuff

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In Las Vegas, Forbes 400 roster continues to thin

Elaine Wynn drops off, leaving just four

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In Las Vegas, Forbes 400 roster declines again

Casino brothers Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta cut from storied annual list

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Green Book–the real thing, not the movie–shows racist history of Las Vegas

Over three decades, just five places were deemed hospitable to black travelers

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Las Vegas contingent falters on Forbes 400 list

Two drop off, while most still on trail gains of peers

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It Didn’t Stay Here: Alleged Las Vegas affair before ritzy New York wedding

Other woman posted supposed photographic proof online using couple’s bridal hashtag.

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It Didn’t Stay Here: 15% of all accusations against Bill Cosby cited Las Vegas

Two women testified at his criminal trial about attacks in Vegas, the same location mentioned by seven others

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Trump, Stormy, Las Vegas–and me

Turns out a 2006 Forbes issue I tried to sell for big bucks on Ebay wasn’t used to spank the future president

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Wealth of Las Vegas richest folks rises less than stock market

But nine on Forbes 400 still worth $55.6 billion

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It Didn’t Stay Here: Las Vegas meeting leads to New York convictions

In Sin City, gambler Billy Walters got insider stock information, profited from trades placed through a local stockbroker

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Far from Las Vegas, Donald Trump taxes and me

A decade ago, Forbes reported his 2005 tax bill was $38 million

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