R.I.P.: Sam Butera, there was NOBODY BETTER...
Another link to Las Vegas’ storied past was cut Wednesday morning with the passing of legendary jazz saxophonist Sam Butera, sideman to another Vegas legend, Louis Prima.
Family friends said Butera died at about 6 a.m. at Sunrise Hospital, where he had been since early January suffering from the effects of Alzheimer's Disease.
Butera, who retired in 2004, would have been 82 in August.
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posted by Mr Farnham at
1:50 PM
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My father turned me onto Prima and I got to see Sam in the early 80's in Atlantic City. What a show even though it was in the casino lounge. He will be missed.
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