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The real diva: Kenny Kerr
He paved the way for cross-dressing entertainers in Vegas, but he's ended up as little more than a footnote.
Steve Friess
Tue, Dec 29, 2009 (6:59 p.m.)
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2009/dec/29/real-diva-kenny-kerr/That a healthy portion of you readers aren't sure who Kenny Kerr is is a testament to the magnitude of his problems. Not even my own partner, who has been in Vegas for almost a decade, was certain what Kenny does.
"He was a drag queen, right?" Miles asked.
Uh, yeah. But not in the low-rent, cheesy form that most people think of when bandying about that phrase. Kenny Kerr is—not was, is—the best performing drag queen ever to grace a stage in Las Vegas or anywhere else. Unfortunately, he's also one of the worst businessmen. Which he cops to.
