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A Sad Day for Neon Lovers 

Word came down this afternoon that two of the best neon designers from that fabled era of Las Vegas history had died over the weekend, Betty Willis and Brian "Buzz" Leming. Betty, of course, was the designer of the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign among others and Buzz had been on the design team of the original Caesars Palace sign and the Aladdin sign in addition to his own body of work.

We have a tribute to these two good friends of Classic Las Vegas up on the new blog:

Classic Las Vegas

 

Rest in peace, Betty and Buzz we will miss you!

 

Buzz Leming's "little Sputnik" sign. His favorite of all the ones he designed.

 

Betty Willis' iconic sign at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:39PM by Registered CommenterLasVegasLynn | Comments2 Comments

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Thank you for the Tribute too the both of them Brian K Leming SR And Betty Willis I am Brian K Leming JR and This means so much. They will always be in my Heart. As I am still Installing Signs in Las Vegas and have been for 32 Years What My father designed I Installed Some of them. Once again thank you.
April 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBrian k Leming JR.
This is really amazing post for sharing.
thank you so much. i really like it.
May 27, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterpoonam

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