Fact #9010
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Gussie Oscar, pianist, conductor and controversial general manager of the Waco Auditorium, Waco, Texas, USA, dies. After becoming manager in 1915 she brought nationally known performers to the town, including John Philip Sousa, Will Rogers and The Marx Brothers. During the 1920s, for financial reasons, she defied Waco's Sunday closing law and censorship board to schedule increasingly racy acts on Sundays. As a result, she was arrested and the auditorium was closed in 1928.
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