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Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. He is, as of 2020, the last Republican mayor of the city. Gragson was born in 1911 when he became the Las Vegas mayor he also became part of the freeway's construction US 95. Gragson was at the Las Vegas church when he collapsed. He was diagnosed with heart attack. Doctors tried to save him but they were too late Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospital on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. Then US 95 was named after him as a memorial he was buried at the Las Vegas cemetery.
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14 February 1911 Tucumcari, New Mexico, U.S.
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7 October 2002 (aged 91) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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