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Coming Tuesday: The night Sinatra was silenced

John L. Smith
September 14, 2009 - 2:38 pm
 

Vic Vickrey appreciated his place offstage in the Las Vegas casino pantheon, and he respected the entertainment legends he mixed with for six decades.

But between you and me, the night Vic helped shut up Frank Sinatra was one of his favorite stories.

Vickrey, the gambling racket’s genuine Vegas Vic, died last week at age 83 after an amazing life as a casino executive and host. It would be much easier and consume far less newsprint to list the names of the casinos with which Vickrey wasn’t associated during his phenomenal career.

It’s coming Tuesday in my Review-Journal column.

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