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in 1955 jazz musician Wardell Gray who played with Count Basie and Benny Goodman was scheduled to play the opening night of the Moulin Rouge Hotel in Vegas, the first integrated hotel-casino in the city. Gray never played and his body was found in the desert, with his death still a mystery.

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Fun Fact: in 1955 jazz musician Wardell Gray – who played with Count Basie and Benny Goodman – was scheduled to play the opening night of the Moulin Rouge Hotel in Vegas, the first integrated hotel-casino in the city. Gray never played and his body was found in the desert, with his death still a mystery.

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