Geraldine "Geri" McGee was an American model and Las Vegas showgirl.
21 Facts About Geri McGee
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Geraldine McGee was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Leona "Alice" and Roy McGee.
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Geri McGee grew up near Sherman Oaks, California, and graduated from Van Nuys High School in the year 1954.
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Geri McGee told her aunt she did not want to attend Woodbury but would rather attend a different school, and her aunt refused to pay for any other school but Woodbury.
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Geri McGee instead began working in office jobs during the day, and looked for contests and modeling jobs on the side.
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In high school, Geri McGee met an older student named Lenny Marmor, and the two later became inseparable.
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Marmor recognized Geri McGee's looks and talent, and he began entering her in swimsuit and dance contests, where she often took home prizes.
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Soon, Lenny Marmor convinced Geri McGee to move to Las Vegas for more opportunities.
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Around 1960, Geri McGee started working as a casino cocktail waitress and Tropicana chorus showgirl, and continued working through the 1960s, making enough money to buy a house for herself and her family.
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Geri McGee worked her way up the Las Vegas social ladder, meeting various businessmen.
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On May 4,1969, Geri McGee married Frank Rosenthal and soon had two children with him: a son named Steven, and later a daughter named Stephanie.
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Rosenthal expected Geri McGee to be a stay-at-home mom while he was out at the Argent casinos working.
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Rosenthal later threatened to divorce Geri McGee, and take custody of the children, leaving her with little money.
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Geri McGee was rumored to have had an affair with Anthony Spilotro.
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Rosenthal and Geri McGee got in physical altercations, and Rosenthal hired private detectives to track her activities.
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Geri McGee sometimes left Las Vegas, taking trips with their children to Los Angeles, or shopping with wives of other Las Vegas businessmen.
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The divorce from Rosenthal was finalized on January 16,1981, when Geri McGee was living in Los Angeles.
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Geri McGee died on November 9,1982, in Los Angeles, aged 46.
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Geri McGee's sister stated she believed McGee had been murdered by the mob who had tried to kill Frank Rosenthal just weeks earlier because perhaps she "knew too much" about the Las Vegas underworld.
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The Los Angeles coroner ruled Geri McGee's cause of death was an accidental overdose.
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Geri McGee was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park, a Jewish cemetery.