More Liberace Museum News
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 12:35PM
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By all accounts, it was a wild and successful gathering of fans protesting the closing of the Liberace Museum.

We applaud all who attended.

For the latest update, here's the report from our pal, Johnny Katz, at the Las Vegas Sun:

On the day of the big protest, Joseph Gabriel clutched a puppet.

This was no ordinary puppet. It was a little Liberace marionette, wearing a wide grin and a sky-blue sequined suit.

That's what it's come to: Dolls and demonstrators. So very Liberace.

"We want a full accounting of what has happened with the Liberace Museum's finances," said Gabriel, a master magician and puppeteer featured in David Saxe's "Vegas! The Show" at Miracle Mile Shops. "It has been sad to see how the decisions that have been made over the years have hurt more than they have helped the museum."

To read more:  lasvegassun.com

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