G.L. Vitto worked as a sportscaster and late-night movie host in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on October 20, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he worked as a radio disc jockey. VItto moved to Las Vegas in 1958. He worked at KENO radio, then as a sports reporter at Channel 13 and, later, Channel 8. He also worked as a ringside announcer for boxing matches at the Silver Slipper and hosted a late-night movie show. He died in Las Vegas of a heart attack on October 28, 1991.

Myrna Williams was born in Chicago in 1929. Her brother was the singer Mel Tormé, so the family moved to Hollywood when she was ten because her brother was under contract with MGM. Shortly after Myrna turned 21, she moved to New York to work for Decca Records. She met the jazz drummer David Williams, whom she married. Myrna, David, and their daughter Indy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. Myrna got involved in politics, and was elected to the Nevada State Assembly and to the Clark County Commission.

Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert.