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Strip Headliner Buddy Greco Dies At 90

By Casey Morell
Published January 10, 2017 at 5:07 PM PST

The singer Buddy Greco, a longtime Las Vegas resident and former singer with Benny Goodman's orchestra has died.

Journalist Norm Clarke reports the former Strip headliner was 90 years old.

Greco was a headliner at the former Desert Inn, and is well known for his version of the standard "The Lady is a Tramp."
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