Elaine Wynn, Billionaire Arts Patron Who Helped Modernize Las Vegas, Dies at 82
Elaine Wynn, who built a glamorous casino-and-resort empire with her former husband, Steve Wynn, transforming Las Vegas into a global destination, and who went on to become a powerful education advocate, arts patron and Democratic Набирането на средства, умря в понеделник в дома си в Лос Анджелис. Тя беше на 82.
Причината беше сърдечна непълнота, сподели щерка й Джилиан Уин.
До момента, в който Wynns дойде в Лас Вегас през 1967 година, тя беше изгубила прихите си и е била груба за RESET. The couple were newlyweds with a new baby, but they already knew a thing or two about the gambling business.
A few years earlier, Mr. Wynn had been on his way to Yale Law School when his father, who owned a string of bingo parlors in Maryland — and had a serious gambling habit — died suddenly, leaving his eldest son with the business and a load of дълг. The...
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