bomb to Harvey's were subsequently sentenced: Terry Lee Hall, in 1982, of conspiracy and interstate transport of explosives; and Hall's father-in-law Willis Brown, who entered a plea of guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. In 1983, the final defendant, Ella Joan Williams, named by prosecutors as the typist of the extortion letter, was convicted of attempted extortion, conspiracy, and interstate travel in aid of extortion. In 1996, at the age of 74, Birges died of liver cancer at the Southern Nevada Correctional Center, 16 years and a day after the bombing. References Further reading Attacks in the United States in 1980 1980 in Nevada Attacks on hotels in North America August 1980 events in the United States Building bombings in the United States Crime in Nevada Improvised explosive device bombings in 1980 Extortion History of Douglas County, Nevada Hotel bombings Stateline, Nevada