Wayne Newton
- Las Vegas.
- Popularized "Danke Shoen" as lip-synched by Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
- Posted Dana Plato's bail bond.
- May have some sort of connection with the Carlo Gambino crime family. However, court has established that Mafia money was not the money used to buy the Aladdin casino.
Timeline
| 3 Apr 1942 |
Wayne Newton born, Roanoke VA. |
| 1972 |
Loses some weight, grows a pencil-thin moustache, lowers his voice a bit. |
| 21 Aug 1980 |
Wayne Newton and Ed Torres purchase the Aladdin casino in Las Vegas for $85M. |
| Oct 1980 |
An NBC news report links Wayne Newton to organized crime. It makes his mother cry. |
| 29 Jun 1982 |
Wayne Newton sells his interest in the Aladdin to partner Ed Torres. |
| 5 Nov 1983 |
Wayne Newton purchases the Aladdin from Ed Torres for $58.5M. |
| 11 Feb 1984 |
Aladdin files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. |
| Nov 1986 |
Awarded $22.8M from NBC over Mafia libel allegations. |
| 1990 |
NBC had alleged that Newton's financing of the Aladdin purchase was through the Mafia. Newton filed a libel suit and won, but the Newton's victory is overturned on appeal. |
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