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Maharis, Mercedes, 1942-
Mercedes Maharis is the former director of Nevada CURE and co-author of the Spartacus Project Report. She began teaching meditation in the Nevada state prison system in 1997. This led to Maharis advocating for inmates’ rights and the beginnings of the Nevada chapter of CURE. They presented the Spartacus Project Report to state leaders and at the December 5, 2000 Board of Prison Commissioners meeting. She co-authored the Spartacus Project Report along with Donald Hinton, Sr., a prisoner advocate whose son was incarcerated at the Indian Springs prison.
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Mancuso, Maggie, 1941-
Born in Greeley, Colorado, Margaret Ann Peterson rose to fame on the Andy Griffith Show playing the part of Charlene Darling. She later married jazz musician Gus Mancuso. After moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, she worked as a scout for films and other productions in the city and surrounding area.
Sources:
Katsilometes, John. “For ‘Andy Griffith Show’ fans, Maggie Mancuso will always be just Darling.” Las Vegas Sun, 5 July 2012.
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Mancuso, Gus
Gus Mancuso (Ronald Bernard Mancuso), a talented impresario, was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania in 1933. Gus grew up in Hastings, Pennsylvania as the youngest of nine children. His father, an immigrant from Italy, Joseph Mancuso, owned multiple businesses and his mother, Josephine Ceranni toiled as a stay at home mother. Despite his father’s businesses, the family struggled financially. By the eighth grade Gus moved to Rochester, New York, where his mother joined him, after his parents separated.
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Manone, Wingy
Musician and trupmet player Joseph "Wingy" Manone was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1900. He got his nickname at the age of ten when he lost his right arm when it as crushed between two streetcars. He began his musical career by playing kazoo in spasm bands on the streets of Storyville, Louisiana.
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