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Gillhouse, Eva, 1892-1977
Author Eva Gillhouse was born in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 1892. In 1952, her biography of Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton, a gunfighter from the Old West, was published under the title Pistol Pete, Veteran of the Old West. The book has since been republished in paperback as The True Story of Kill or Be Killed in the Real Old West: The Recollections and Personal Photos of Gunfighter and Lawman Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton. Gillhouse died in Nevada in 1977.
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Goodall, Leonard E.
Leonard Goodall was born in Warrensburg, Missouri on March 15, 1937. After high school he attended Central Missouri State College. He earned his master's at the University of Missouri and attended the University of Illinois for his doctorate in political science. After college, he taught at Arizona State University in the Political Science department. He then moved to the Univesity of Ilinois, Chicago starting out as an instructor, but eventually becoming a chancellor at the unviersity.
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Goodman, Oscar Baylin, 1939-
Oscar Goodman was born June 26, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his undergraduate degree from Haverford College in 1961 and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1964. That same year, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and in 1965 he was admitted to the Nevada State Bar. He served as Clark County’s chief deputy public defender from 1966 to 1967.
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Gorme, Eydie
Eydie Gormé, née Edith Gormezano, was born August 1, 1928 in the Bronx, New York City. She passed away in Las Vegas in 2013 at the age of 84.
Eydie’s parents were Sephardic Jewish Immigrants from Turkey. She graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1946 where she was the swing bands lead female vocalist. While attending college, Eydie used her fluency in Spanish as interpreter with the United Nations. She also sang in bands during her free time. She had a gift for both Spanish and singing.
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