Cole Duffy was born at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1, 2000, a little more than a week early.
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Dawn Wells, a “Gilligan’s Island” star with deep ties to the Silver State, died peacefully at a Los Angeles living facility Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist said. She was 82.
Elvis’ and Ann-Margret’s feverish “C’mon Everybody” was filmed at what is now the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
CBS is broadcasting New Year’s Eve from Las Vegas across its western markets.
Piff The Magic Dragon and Tape Face remain active Strip headliners in COVID.
Ross Mollison says, “These kids have got nothing, and unemployment runs out in Nevada in two weeks.”
Bill Clinton and several Vegas entertainers led Tony Hsieh’s tribute.
Wynn Fine Art gallery is open in Palm Beach, Fla., though Steve Wynn is based in Las Vegas.
Lance Burton says of Vegas: “I was so excited and grateful to be doing my magic act in the city I had been dreaming of.”
“Die Hard” actors Clarence Gilyard of UNLV and Bruce Willis are having their batteries recharged in a reunion commercial.
Abby Dalton, known for her role in “Falcon Crest” and a mainstay on popular game shows in the 1970s, has died, according to multiple websites.
“Extravaganza — The Las Vegas Spectacular” has avoided closing a second time during COVID.
Tony Hsieh’s fellow downtown Las Vegas visionary Derek Stevens and his wife, Nicole, are taking lead on a Viva Vision tribute.
Andrew Dice Clay returns to the Vegas stage at Laugh Factory at the Tropicana.
“Absinthe” is among some shows trying to remain open in the Nevada governor’s latest COVID directive.