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Stuntman Dan Koko jumps of Vegas World Hotel: video
Local news segments and b-roll footage of two high-rise jumps that stuntman Dan Koko made from Bob Stupak's Vegas World Hotel structure in 1984. The first jump of 225 feet made on May 19, 1984; the second jump of world record acclaim of 326 feet, made on August 30, 1984. Clips include b-roll of the jumps, soundbites with Koko, and reporters interviewing Koko discussing his motivations for the jumps. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Bob Anderson recordings, 1981 to 1991
Anderson talks about his career as a singer and impressionist, his family's musical background, and different singers who have influenced his career. Anderson talks about how he started musical impersonation with the help of Merv Griffin, his family and childhood, how he assumes his personalities, the future of impersonators and how he balances impressions and being himself. Musical impressionist Bob Anderson describes Elvis Presley as a person, what his career was like, and his relationship with him. Anderson places emphasis on how Presley's importance to the music and film industry and explains the singer's influence on his own career.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Tony Bennett recordings, 1980 to 1994
Bennett answers the questions of different fans through calls related to his relationships with his family, what kinds of music he listens to, and his experiences working with different artists.
Bennett describes his career, how he discovered his passion for singing, his admiration for Bing Crosby, and his interest in crossing musical genres.
Bennett discusses other musicians and singing songs that are classics or timeless
Bennett talks about his career, his early life, his passion for painting, his thoughts on abstract and modern art, starting his record company, and his friendship with Frank Sinatra.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Mun, Cynthia, 1967-
Born in the 1960s near Seoul, South Korea, Cynthia Mun was the oldest of her parents' three children. The family immigrated in 1974, after which Mun's siblings were born. She speaks of her mother's work as a seamstress in a Los Angeles Garment District sweatshop and her father's work as a janitor before he was employed as an electrician. She credits teachers and mentors in Los Angeles, who encouraged her and gave her the tools succeed at Westridge School in Pasadena and at Yale University.
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Makino, Kaku, 1943-
Kaku Makino, the King of Japanese Buffet, was born in 1943 and raised in Tokyo, Japan, in a traditional, wealthy family. After surviving mumps at age four, he suffered a severe hearing loss. His father encouraged Kaku to play baseball, and he excelled. But his father died when Kaku was twenty years old, and, the oldest of four sons, he had to support the family, and he became a chef--an occupation he followed for twenty years in Tokyo before following his younger brothers to the U.S. in 1989.
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Rosencrantz, Lynn Leshgold, 1949-
Lynn Rosencrantz was born September 15, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, and spent her childhood there as a member of a vibrant Jewish community. In 1973, Rosencrantz married Arne Rosencrantz and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada to join her husband. He was working at Garrett’s Furniture, a company they would later own together. Her first job in the city was teaching hearing impaired students at Ruby Thomas Elementary School.
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Simone, Ronald, 1935-
Ronald Simone was born on June 6, 1935 in New Haven, Connecticut to Florence and George Simone. Simone played trumpet in high school and went on to play piano for his profession. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his friend, violinist Joe Mack in 1960. He played in the Riviera showroom for five and a half years, in the exclusive Monte Carlo Room in the Desert Inn where he played for stars such as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. for five years, and for nineteen years for all the Casino de Paris shows, line numbers, and production numbers at the Dunes.
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Kiley, Ruth J., 1944-
Ruth Jane Kiley was born in Newark, New Jersey, and lived in California and New York before her
family moved to Las Vegas in 1957, when Ruth was thirteen. Ruth worked in the insurance business for almost thirty years, dealing with casinos during the most expansive period of the city's growth.
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