"Mary Kaye" [http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/feb/17/021710613.html], sometimes called the "First Lady of Rock and Roll", was a guitarist and performer who was active in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Mary Kaye (born Malia Ka'aihue) descended from Hawaiian royalty in the line of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, and was born into a show business family. She is credited, along with Louis Prima, as being a founder of the Las Vegas Strip/Las Vegas "lounge" phenomenon: an all-night party atmosphere where stars and common folk rubbed elbows in a freewheeling environment.

Mary Kaye died in a Las Vegas hospital of pulmonary disease on February 17, 2007.

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My husband and I saw the Theodore Roosevelt hat rack, ... Mrs. Kearns' writing desk is here and so is Sen. Kearns' rocking chair. We thought growing up surrounded by history would be a privilege.

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They were from our other house, but I thought they were too bright here.

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The subject never came up, ... Maybe I thought talking about it would jinx the campaign. We were so busy. We had just moved into a wonderful house. Moving to the mansion didn't occur to us.

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