Last updated: Saturday, December 6, 2008
LIGHTS ON SUNSET STRIP DIMMED FOR NIGHTLIFE ICON VALENTINE
Hollywood's most famous music venues dimmed their lights on Friday night (05Dec08) to honour The Roxy founder and former Whisky a Go Go boss ELMER VALENTINE, who died in his sleep on Wednesday (03Dec08).
Bosses of the The Roxy, Whisky a Go Go, the Key Club, Viper Room and the House of Blues turned the lights down for a minute.
Music legend Lou Adler, who founded The Roxy with Valentine in 1973, says, "It's somehow fitting that the man who turned the Sunset Strip lights on would be honoured by the lights of those venues that followed his imprint turning theirs off in a tribute to him."
Born in 1923, Valentine joined the Chicago Police Department in Illinois after serving in World War Two.
He opened his first nightclub, PJ's, in Los Angeles in 1960, shortly after relocating to the city. He returned to Los Angeles after a global trip and opened the Whisky a Go Go in 1964.
He and Adler opened the Rainbow Bar + Grill in 1972 and The Roxy Theatre the following year.
Source: WENN
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