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Spurlock, Robert Newton, 1924-
Robert Spurlock was born on July 31, 1924 in Tonto Basin, Arizona. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953. He was a construction worker. He married Janice Spurlock on June 23, 1990.
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Martin, Roberta, 1965-
Roberta Martin grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her law degree from Tuskegee University. In 2012, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Martin serves on the UNLV Foundation Advisory Board.
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Jeffries, Herb
African-American actor and singer-songwriter Herb Jeffries was born Umberto Alexander Valentino (alternately spelled Balentino) in Detroit, Michigan in 1913. Jeffries was "Hollywood's first singing black cowboy."
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Linera, Marines
Linera was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. She earned her B.A. in Communications at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in Puerto Rico. In Las Vegas she has worked for Telemundo 39 and Univision as news reporter and producer.
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Ray, Clarence, 1900-1993
Clarence Ray was born February 28, 1900 in Fresno, California. Ray first visited Las Vegas in 1922, came to stay in 1925, and has lived there for most of the time since then.
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London, David
David London was a Las Vegas entertainer that performed a morning radio show in the 1970s called "Coffee with the Londons" and co-starred his wife, Nancy London. London passed away on August 30, 2015.
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Brandise, Eugene L., 1913-2003
Eugene Brandise was born in Denver, Colorado on January 14, 1913. He relocated to Nevada in January of 1956. He was a construction worker and eventually owned his own construction company. Brandise passed away in 2013.
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Caples, Vernon S., 1891-1986
Vernon S. Caples (b. August 7th, 1891 in St. Johns, Oregon) lived in Riverside, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Vernon was a Sanitary Engineer at Nellis Air Force Base.
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Chretien, Jeanne Pursel, 1923-
Jeanne P. Chretien was born August 07, 1923 in Marshalltown, Iowa. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1939. She held careers as a telephone operator, an English teacher, and an English department head in Las Vegas.
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Ciliax, Betty, 1919-
Betty Ciliax was born in Bisbee, Arizona. She moved to the Las Vegas area in 1932 when her father found work in Goodsprings, Nevada. Ciliax graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1938.
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