Las Vegas sign designer Betty Willis dead aged 91

 The woman who came up with a neon sign that has welcomed countless visitors to 'fabulous Las Vegas' since 1959 has died.

Betty Willis, credited with designing the 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign, died in her Overton, Nevada, home on Sunday, according to an obituary on the Virgin Valley & Moapa Valley Mortuaries' website.

The 91-year-old artist's often-copied sign sits in a median in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard south of the Strip.

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