The Sacca Twins got national television exposure when David Letterman’s talk show settled on the Strip for a week in 1986. “He was very happy, so this is a shock to me and I’m sure to all of his friends.”
He seemed healthy and finally had a show that he could be proud of,” Brett said. Brett first met Sacca more than 20 years ago and had worked as his publicist over the past several years. “Tony was like a brother to me, so this is very hard right now,” said longtime Las Vegas publicist Jackie Brett, who had been in touch with Sacca at 8:30 p.m., asking if he wanted to make plans to watch the Super Bowl. The production was an ambitious retelling of Vegas entertainment history dating to the 1930s and offering a glimpse of its future through 2050.įor 30 years, Sacca was also the entertainment host of the annual San Gennaro Feast Italian food and music festival, held most recently at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas.
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In September, Sacca launched “Tony Sacca’s Vegas the Story” at the Windows Showroom at Bally’s, co-produced with Ken Walker, the showroom’s operator. After Robert died of leukemia in 1999 in Philadelphia, Sacca continued performing solo. Sacca had appeared regularly in these shows, and on local TV commercials, since 1986. They first performed at the lounge at the old MGM Grand, now Bally’s, and launched the local interview show, “Live From Las Vegas,” which grew to two shows: “Entertainment Las Vegas Style” and “Classic Vegas Entertainment.” Sacca arrived in Las Vegas in 1981 with his twin brother, Robert, after developing a polished song-and-dance act in their native Philadelphia. “His show was good, business was good, everything was good,” LeBlond said.
Sacca was known to be fitness-conscious and as recently as Saturday headlined back-to-back shows in Las Vegas: his matinee production “Vegas the Story” at Windows Showroom at Bally’s, then a performance at the Starbright Theater in Sun City Summerlin. Over the years, Sacca accumulated hours of archival interviews with showroom stars of varying degrees of fame. Sacca was best known for his locally produced talk and variety shows, which he had self-produced since 1986, and for which he even penned the theme, “Las Vegas The Greatest Town Around. Sacca is expected to be laid to rest in Philadelphia. LeBlond said she is planning a Las Vegas memorial for Sacca, possibly this weekend. “He really didn’t suffer, and that is good.” The staff worked on Sacca for 45 minutes before pronouncing him dead at 10:05 p.m. Then, suddenly, “his heart stopped, his legs went stiff,” LeBlond said, sobbing. The two drove to Spring Valley Hospital, where LeBlond said Sacca walked into the emergency room and was lucid when providing his personal information to the medical staff. when Sacca said he was experiencing chest pains. LeBlond said the couple had dinner at Trattoria Reggiano in Downtown Summerlin and were watching TV together in bed at about 8 p.m. His longtime partner, Josette LeBlond, said Tuesday morning that Sacca died soon after checking in to the emergency room at Spring Valley Hospital. Tony Sacca, a popular figure on stage and television for more than three decades in Las Vegas, died Monday night of a heart attack. Tony Sacca, right, with Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman at the Oscar Goodman roast at The Plaza on Sept.
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