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Transcript of interview with Millicent Rosen by Barbara Tabach, June 23, 2015

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2015-06-23

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Until her passing in 2017, Millicent (Siegel) Rosen was the living link to Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, one of Las Vegas’ most notorious links to the Jewish mob. A steadfastly independent woman herself, Millicent recalls Benjamin as a loving father to her and her younger sister. She is proud of his status as a Las Vegas visionary, though she affixes a footnote that the city of today might not be to his liking. She includes a few anecdotes about common names of the early days, including Meyer Lansky who walked her down the aisle when she married Jack Rosen. They had three children: Benjamin, Cindy, and Wendy. Millicent moved to Las Vegas to be with her daughter and her family in about 2000 and cherished her role as a grandmother. Always an artist at heart, Millicent once painted canvases for needlepoint and in 2015 promoted her clothing line.

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Photograph of Howie Engler, Harold Minsky, and others, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979

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1970 to 1979

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Pictured right to left: Howie Engler, one of the owners of the Dunes hotel; Frankie Lane; Mrs. Frankie Vaughn; Mr. Frankie Vaughn, and Harold Minsky at the Dunes Hotel. The Dunes Hotel was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, that operated from May 23, 1955 to January 26, 1993. Designed by architect Maxwell Starkman, it was the tenth resort to open on the Strip. Bellagio now stands on the former grounds. The Dunes golf course is now occupied by parts of Monte Carlo, New York-New York, City Center, and Cosmopolitan, and T-Mobile Arena. Site Name: Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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