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Don H. Barden, a pioneer in the casino industry, died Thursday morning from lung cancer. The first black owner of a cable network and Las Vegas casino, Barden turned a $500 investment in a record store into a corporate empire which takes in revenues of more than $400 million a year. He founded real estate development companies, a media empire, four Majesty Casinos located in Las Vegas, Colorado, Indiana and Mississippi and a fifth casino, Fitzgeralds Las Vegas.
"The story of his life is a great story," said his lawyer, Henry Baskin of Birmingham, Mich.
Casino Mogul Don H. Barden Dies From Lung Cancer
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