* Cal McKinley; Guitarist of Big Band Era
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Cal McKinley, 70, a guitarist during the big band era who toured with the Andrew Sisters and the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Bands. McKinley also did guitar work on the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope road movies, and did studio work for Decca Records. A native of Chicago, he moved to Las Vegas in 1967. He was active there as a talk show host and later portrayed the bumbling character “Vinnie Van Gogh” for television commercials. In Las Vegas on Monday of unannounced causes.
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