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RIP Lefty Rosenthal

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:04 pm
by Bob Juch
Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal — sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" — died Monday. He was 79.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27204686/

Re: RIP Lefty Rosenthal

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:06 am
by WheresFanny
Bob Juch wrote:Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal — sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" — died Monday. He was 79.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27204686/

This makes me kind of sad. I miss 'old' Vegas.

Yeah, yeah, mafia whatever. The mob casinos had a certain charm that the current Disneyfied Vegas lacks.