Roy Horn tribute at Mirage on Las Vegas Strip

Roy Horn in 1986. (AP)

Few people went to the Mirage on Friday, May 8, 2020, to pay tribute to Roy Horn, who died earlier in the day. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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