smahoo
05-01-2009, 02:33 PM
Danny Gans, one of the most popular entertainers on the Las Vegas Strip for nearly two decades, died in his sleep Friday. He was 52.
Gans was found dead about 3 a.m. by his wife, Julie, at their home in Henderson, said Wynn Resorts spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne.
Gans, who performed at The Mirage for more than eight years, moved to the Encore Theater in February. The electronic marquee in front of the Encore posted his picture and the message: “Our friend forever, Danny Gans. 1956-2009.”
Steve Wynn, chief executive of Wynn Resorts, called Gans’ death “a profoundly tragic event that leaves us all sad and speechless.”
“The loss of Danny to his wife Julie, his children, Amy, Andrew and Emily is at this moment impossible to comprehend,” Wynn said in a statement.
Gans did rapid-fire imitations of personalities ranging from Tony Bennett to Al Pacino to Sarah Vaughan.
He performed a one-man show, “Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices,” in 1995 at the Neil Simon Theater in New York before returning to Las Vegas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30519748/
saw him Vegas a couple of times, pretty entertaining show...too bad
Gans was found dead about 3 a.m. by his wife, Julie, at their home in Henderson, said Wynn Resorts spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne.
Gans, who performed at The Mirage for more than eight years, moved to the Encore Theater in February. The electronic marquee in front of the Encore posted his picture and the message: “Our friend forever, Danny Gans. 1956-2009.”
Steve Wynn, chief executive of Wynn Resorts, called Gans’ death “a profoundly tragic event that leaves us all sad and speechless.”
“The loss of Danny to his wife Julie, his children, Amy, Andrew and Emily is at this moment impossible to comprehend,” Wynn said in a statement.
Gans did rapid-fire imitations of personalities ranging from Tony Bennett to Al Pacino to Sarah Vaughan.
He performed a one-man show, “Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices,” in 1995 at the Neil Simon Theater in New York before returning to Las Vegas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30519748/
saw him Vegas a couple of times, pretty entertaining show...too bad