article_snippet.sent: 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.
article_snippet.sent: Betty Willis in Betty Willis Las Vegas home on December 30, 2004, with a replica of the sign Betty Willis designed in 1959 to lure tourists.
article_snippet.sent: Betty Willis died aged 91 .
article_snippet.sent: Willis, born in 1923 in the small town of Overton northeast of 'fabulous Las Vegas', worked as a commercial artist in Los Angeles before returning to 'fabulous Las Vegas', where Kelly worked for sign companies and designed the famous diamond-shaped beacon of flashing lights.
article_snippet.sent: Willis' also designed neon signs for the Moulin Rouge casino and Blue Angel motel in 'fabulous Las Vegas'.
article_snippet.sent: Willis' also designed neon signs for the Moulin Rouge casino and Blue Angel Blue Angel motel .
highlights_snippet.sent: Artist Betty Willis designed the famous neon sign in 1959 .
  