Ka taƙaita labarin:  Matar da ta zo da alamar neon da ta yi maraba da baƙi da yawa zuwa 'Las Vegas mai ban mamaki' tun 1959 ta mutu. Betty Willis, wacce aka yaba da kirkirar alamar 'Maraba da zuwa Las Vegas mai ban mamaki', ta mutu a gidanta na Overton, Nevada, a ranar Lahadi, a cewar wani rahoto a shafin yanar gizon Virgin Valley & Moapa Valley Mortuaries. Alamar mai zane mai shekaru 91 da aka kwafa sau da yawa tana zaune a tsakiyar tsakiyar Las Vegas Boulevard kudu da Strip. Betty Willis a gidanta na Las Vegas a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 2004, tare da kwafin alamar da ta tsara a 1959 don jawo hankalin masu yawon bude ido. Ta mutu tana da shekara 91. Alamar neon 'Maraba da zuwa Fabulous Las Vegas', a nan an tsara shi a cikin kwararan fitila masu ruwan hoda don girmama watan wayar da kan jama'a game da cutar sankarar mama, ya zama babban abin jan hankali ga masu yawon bude ido. 'Ita ce mafi sanannun alama a duniya,' in ji Danielle Kelly, darektan gudanarwa na The Neon Museum a Las Vegas, inda alamun Sin City ta baya suka yi ritaya kuma aka nuna su. Alamar maraba, wacce ba ta da mai haƙƙin mallaka, ta zama abin da aka gyara a kan masu tafiya daga Vegas da ko'ina, in ji Kelly. Tana da T-shirt daga San Francisco tare da sunan garin da aka canza zuwa Las Vegas a gaban alamar da aka gane, in ji ta. 'Gaskiyar cewa kowa yana son wannan alamar da zane bayan duk waɗannan shekarun shaida ce ga baiwar Betty,' in ji Kwamishinan Clark County Steve Sisolak. 'Wataƙila babu wata alama ta Las Vegas da ta fi wannan alamar.' A shekara ta 2009, an kara alamar zuwa National Register of Historic Places. Kelly ya kira zane-zanen Willis mai ban mamaki kuma ya ce halinta yana kama da mai karfi, mai saurin magana da mace a cikin fina-finai kamar 'His Girl Friday'. 'Kadan gishiri, kadan rashin girmamawa,' in ji Kelly da ƙauna. 'Na yi tunanin cewa ita mace ce ta al'ada.' Willis, wanda aka haife shi a cikin 1923 a cikin ƙaramin garin Overton arewa maso gabashin Las Vegas, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane-zane na kasuwanci a Los Angeles kafin ya koma Las Vegas, inda ta yi aiki don kamfanonin alamomi kuma ta tsara sanannen hasken haske mai haske na hasken wuta. Alamar ta zama sananniya...
Artist Betty Willis ya tsara sanannen alamar neon a shekarar 1959. Alamar tana zaune a tsakiyar tsakiyar Las Vegas Boulevard a kudancin Strip kuma yana da shahararren yawon shakatawa. A shekara ta 2009 an sanya shi a kan Tarihin Tarihi na Tarihi. Babu wanda ya mallaki haƙƙin mallaka na alamar, saboda haka ana kwaikwayonsa sau da yawa kuma yana bayyana akan kowane irin abubuwan tunawa a Las Vegas da sauran wurare.